{"id":"MGASA-2017-0072","summary":"Updated util-linux packages fix security vulnerability","details":"With the su command from util-linux before 2.29.2, it is possible for\nany local user to send SIGKILL to other processes with root privileges.\nTo exploit this, the user must be able to perform su with a successful\nlogin.  SIGKILL can only be sent to processes which were executed after\nthe su process.  It is not possible to send SIGKILL to processes which\nwere already running (CVE-2017-2616).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T01:46:53.865097351Z","published":"2017-03-03T10:09:43Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-2616"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0072.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20337"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/23/2"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"util-linux","ecosystem":"Mageia:5","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/util-linux?arch=source&distro=mageia-5"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.25.2-3.5.mga5"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0072.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}