Privilege Context Switching Error Affecting util-linux package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-UTILLINUX-1960910
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 26 Feb 2016
Introduced: 26 Feb 2016
CVE-2016-2779 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:7
util-linux
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream util-linux
package and not the util-linux
package as distributed by Centos
.
See How to fix?
for Centos:7
relevant fixed versions and status.
runuser in util-linux allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.