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Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions Affecting libuuid package, versions <0:2.23.2-33.el7_3.2

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
4.7 medium
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Red Hat
5.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-LIBUUID-2078841
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 22 Feb 2017
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Introduced: 22 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-2616 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-267 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libuuid to version 0:2.23.2-33.el7_3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libuuid package and not the libuuid package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.