CVE-2017-2616: Linux util-linux

util-linux: A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the…

CVSS 5.5 MediumEPSS 0.0028 · 20th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 27 Jul 2018, 19:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	util-linux	affected 2.32.1

Identifiers

CVE-2017-2616

CNA

redhat

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-267

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
5.5	Medium	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0028, the 20th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 27 Jul 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2616 confirm
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96404 vdb-entrybid
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 vendor-advisoryredhat
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0654.html vendor-advisoryredhat
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-02 vendor-advisorygentoo
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3793 vendor-advisorydebian
github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891 confirm
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038271 vdb-entrysectrack

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