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3 vulnerabilities found for util-linux by util-linux_project
FKIE_CVE-2017-2616
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-07-27 19:29 - Updated: 2024-11-21 03:23
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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References
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CVE-2017-2616 (GCVE-0-2017-2616)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-27 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:37
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
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2.32.1
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CVE-2017-2616 (GCVE-0-2017-2616)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2018-07-27 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:37
VLAI?
Summary
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Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
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| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
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| Linux | util-linux |
Affected:
2.32.1
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