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Vulnerability details: VCID-n9v7-sg5s-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-n9v7-sg5s-aaac
Aliases (+
CVE-2017-2616
fix)
regression
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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-267 Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-2616.html
cvssv3 5.5 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
ssvc Track http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0654
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418710
cvssv3 5.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6252
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2616
cvssv3 5.5 https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
ssvc Track https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
cvssv2 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2616
cvssv3 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2616
cvssv3 5.5 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3276-1
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3276-3
cvssv3 5.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
ssvc Track https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
cvssv3 5.5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
ssvc Track http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
cvssv3 5.5 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
ssvc Track http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2017/CVE-2017-2616.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-2616.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-2616
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6252
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2616
https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3276-1
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3276-3
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
1418710 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1418710
855943 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855943
cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:util-linux_project:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-2616 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2616
RHSA-2017:0654 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0654
USN-3276-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3276-1/
USN-3276-3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3276-3/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-2616.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2616
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2616
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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local

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-06-09T15:37:36Z/ Found at http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.07446
EPSS Score 0.00031
Published At May 23, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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