vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2017-2616: Moderate: coreutils security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 23, 2017 | Apr 13, 2017 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 23, 2017
Added
Apr 13, 2017
Modified
May 25, 2023
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.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-coreutilscentos-upgrade-coreutils-debuginfocentos-upgrade-coreutils-libscentos-upgrade-libblkidcentos-upgrade-libblkid-develcentos-upgrade-libmountcentos-upgrade-libmount-develcentos-upgrade-libuuidcentos-upgrade-libuuid-develcentos-upgrade-util-linuxcentos-upgrade-util-linux-debuginfocentos-upgrade-uuidd
References
Rapid7 Labs
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