CVE-2017-2616
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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| util-linux_project / util-linux | - | 2.32.1 |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | 7.0.x |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | 6.0.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.3 | 7.3.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.4 | 7.4.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.3 | 7.3.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.4 | 7.4.x |
| redhat / enterprise_linux_server_eus | 7.5 | 7.5.x |
- 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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