Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20172616000
Revision Date:2018-07-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-2616 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-2616
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'shadow' package in bionic was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:4.2-3.2ubuntu2').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'util-linux' package in bionic is not affected (note: '2.31.1-0.4ubuntu3.3').
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