UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2616

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2616
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2616.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2616
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Published
2017-02-22T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:43:48Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4

Affected versions

1:4.*

1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu6
1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu7
1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu8
1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9
1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.1
1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4",
            "binary_name": "login"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4",
            "binary_name": "login-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4",
            "binary_name": "passwd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4",
            "binary_name": "passwd-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4",
            "binary_name": "uidmap"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4",
            "binary_name": "uidmap-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / shadow

Package

Name
shadow
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/shadow@1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2

Affected versions

1:4.*

1:4.1.5.1-1.1ubuntu7
1:4.2-3.1ubuntu1
1:4.2-3.1ubuntu2
1:4.2-3.1ubuntu3
1:4.2-3.1ubuntu4
1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "login"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "login-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "passwd"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "passwd-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "uidmap"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2",
            "binary_name": "uidmap-dbgsym"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}