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SUSE: CVE-2016-2779: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-2779: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/09/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libblkid-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libblkid-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-libblkid1
  • suse-upgrade-libblkid1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libfdisk-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libfdisk1
  • suse-upgrade-libmount-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libmount1
  • suse-upgrade-libmount1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsmartcols-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libsmartcols1
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid-devel-static
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid1
  • suse-upgrade-libuuid1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python-libmount
  • suse-upgrade-util-linux
  • suse-upgrade-util-linux-lang
  • suse-upgrade-util-linux-systemd
  • suse-upgrade-uuidd

References

  • CVE-2016-2779

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