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CVE-2017-2616
Published:July 27, 2018
Updated:July 21, 2026
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.
Related Resources (10)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2616
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-362
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
CWE-267
EPSS
Base Score:
0.28