CVE-2017-2616
Su Util-linux Privilege Escalation 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.
INFO
Published Date :
July 27, 2018, 7:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 9, 2019, 11:26 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-2616 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2017-2616.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html | Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-267 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 21, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891 No Types Assigned https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-362 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.32.1 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 29, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html [No Types Assigned]
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile