Vulnerability CVE-2017-2616
Published: 2018-07-27

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-362

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.7/10
6.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Complete
Affected software
Util-linux project -> Util-linux 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux desktop 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server aus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux server eus 
Redhat -> Enterprise linux workstation 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
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