CVE-2024-28085 Affecting util-linux package, versions <2.33.1-0.1+deb10u1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-UTILLINUX-6508628
- published 28 Mar 2024
- disclosed 27 Mar 2024
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:10
util-linux
to version 2.33.1-0.1+deb10u1 or higher.
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 Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:10
relevant fixed versions and status.
wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where this leads to account takeover.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-28085
- https://github.com/skyler-ferrante/CVE-2024-28085
- https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/security/advisories/GHSA-xv2h-c6ww-mrjq
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
- https://people.rit.edu/sjf5462/6831711781/wall_2_27_2024.txt
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/27/5
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00005.html