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) | 2017-02-23 | 2017-05-03 | 2022-10-14 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2017-02-23
Added
2017-05-03
Modified
2022-10-14
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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