Is CVE-2017-2616 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-2616 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-2616?

CVE-2017-2616 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-2616?

CVE-2017-2616 has an EPSS score of 0.28% (20th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2616?

Upgrade coreutils on debian 11 to 8.20-1 or later. Fixes are available for 5 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-2616

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges under specific conditions.

CWE-267 CWE-362Race Condition

How to fix

Remediation Available

coreutilsDebian

Fixed in:8.20-1CVE-2017-2616

loginUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4USN-3276-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2USN-3276-1

passwdUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4USN-3276-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2USN-3276-1

shadowUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4USN-3276-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2USN-3276-1

uidmapUbuntu

Fixed in:1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9.4USN-3276-1

Fixed in:1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.2USN-3276-1

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

20thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 20% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-267 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-41244	High	7.8	7.9%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-42365	High	7.4	4.7%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-47811	Medium	4.1	3.5%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-29396	High	8.8	3.2%	-	-
CVE-2019-10169	Medium	6.6	1.3%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-10170	Medium	6.6	1.2%	-	Fix

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