vulnerability
Red Hat: 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 | Mar 23, 2017 | Jul 9, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Feb 23, 2017
Added
Mar 23, 2017
Modified
Jul 9, 2025
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
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-coreutilsredhat-upgrade-coreutils-debuginforedhat-upgrade-coreutils-libsredhat-upgrade-libblkidredhat-upgrade-libblkid-develredhat-upgrade-libmountredhat-upgrade-libmount-develredhat-upgrade-libuuidredhat-upgrade-libuuid-develredhat-upgrade-util-linuxredhat-upgrade-util-linux-debuginforedhat-upgrade-uuidd
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