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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2017-2616: util-linux security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2017-2616: util-linux security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
07/27/2018
Created
10/12/2019
Added
10/11/2019
Modified
10/11/2019

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(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libblkid
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libblkid-devel
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libmount
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libuuid
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-libuuid-devel
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-util-linux
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp1-upgrade-uuidd

References

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