CVE-2017-2616CWE-267

A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes

Medium · published July 27, 2018

CVSS v3.0
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00279 · 19.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-267 · Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
Published
2018-07-27T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JUL 19:00Z
    A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes
    cvelistv5