A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.
References
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https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793 | Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 | Third Party Advisory |
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html | Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2018-07-27 12:29
Updated : 2019-10-09 16:26
NVD link : CVE-2017-2616
Mitre link : CVE-2017-2616
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CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Products Affected
redhat
- enterprise_linux_desktop
- enterprise_linux_server_aus
- enterprise_linux_workstation
- enterprise_linux_server_eus
- enterprise_linux_server
debian
- debian_linux
util-linux_project
- util-linux