Access Restriction Bypass Affecting util-linux package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-UTILLINUX-285824
- published 7 Feb 2017
- disclosed 7 Feb 2017
Introduced: 7 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-2779 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 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 Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.