PublicDateAtUSN: 2017-02-22
Candidate: CVE-2017-2616
PublicDate: 2018-07-27 19:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2616
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3276-1
 https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3276-3
Description:
 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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 sbeattie> ubuntu uses su from shadow package, not util-linux up until
 sbeattie> (2.32-0.2)
Bugs:
 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=855943
Priority: medium
Discovered-by: Tobias Stöckmann
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [4.7 MEDIUM]

Patches_util-linux:
 upstream: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/commit/dffab154d29a288aa171ff50263ecc8f2e14a891
Priority_util-linux: negligible
upstream_util-linux: released (2.29.2-1)
precise_util-linux: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_util-linux: not-affected (binary not built)
trusty_util-linux: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_util-linux: not-affected (binary not built)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_util-linux: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/ubuntu-core_util-linux: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_util-linux: not-affected (binary not built)
esm-infra/xenial_util-linux: not-affected (binary not built)
yakkety_util-linux: ignored (reached end-of-life)
zesty_util-linux: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_util-linux: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_util-linux: not-affected (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.3)
cosmic_util-linux: not-affected (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.3)
disco_util-linux: not-affected (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.3)
devel_util-linux: not-affected (2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.3)

Patches_shadow:
 upstream: https://github.com/shadow-maint/shadow/commit/08fd4b69e84364677a10e519ccb25b71710ee686
upstream_shadow: released (1:4.4-4)
precise_shadow: ignored (reached end-of-life)
precise/esm_shadow: released (1:4.1.4.2+svn3283-3ubuntu5.2)
trusty_shadow: released (1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4)
trusty/esm_shadow: released (1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4)
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_shadow: ignored (reached end-of-life)
vivid/ubuntu-core_shadow: ignored (reached end-of-life)
xenial_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2)
esm-infra/xenial_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2)
yakkety_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.2ubuntu1.16.10.1)
zesty_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.2ubuntu1.17.04.1)
artful_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2)
bionic_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2)
cosmic_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2)
disco_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2)
devel_shadow: released (1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2)