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Status published
Medium
CVE-2017-2616
A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
- https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
util-linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2.32.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 27th, 2018
Last Modified:
June 9th, 2025
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.