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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2616

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-2616 PUBLISHED CVSS 4.699999809265137 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
4.699999809265137
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12shadow0, 0, 0
Debian:11shadow0, 0, 0
Debian:13shadow0, 0, 0
Debian:14shadow0, 0, 0
Debian:11util-linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14coreutils0, 0, 0
Debian:11coreutils0, 0, 0
Debian:12util-linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12coreutils0, 0, 0
Debian:13util-linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14util-linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13coreutils0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 27, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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