CVE-2016-2779 (GCVE-0-2016-2779)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-07 15:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:32
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
High (confidence: 0.9837)
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815922Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815922Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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