CVE-2017-2616
A race condition was found 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.
Find out more about CVE-2017-2616 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (coreutils) | RHSA-2017:0654 | 2017-03-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (util-linux) | RHSA-2017:0907 | 2017-04-12 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | shadow-utils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | coreutils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | shadow-utils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | util-linux-ng | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | shadow-utils | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | coreutils | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | util-linux | Not affected |