Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20172616000
Revision Date:2018-07-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-2616 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'shadow' package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2').
  • OR The 'util-linux' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
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