vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-2616: Security patch for util-linux (ALAS-2017-823)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 23, 2017 | May 3, 2017 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 23, 2017
Added
May 3, 2017
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-util-linux
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