CVE-2017-2616 (GCVE-0-2017-2616)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-07-27 19:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:37
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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)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Linux util-linux Affected: 2.32.1
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