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Security ERRATA Moderate: coreutils on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 5 Apr 2017 15:12:15 -0000
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Synopsis:          Moderate: coreutils security and bug fix update

Advisory ID:       SLSA-2017:0654-1

Issue Date:        2017-03-21

CVE Numbers:       CVE-2017-2616

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Security Fix(es):



* A race condition was found 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.

(CVE-2017-2616)

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SL6

  x86_64

    coreutils-8.4-46.el6.x86_64.rpm

    coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-46.el6.x86_64.rpm

    coreutils-libs-8.4-46.el6.x86_64.rpm

  i386

    coreutils-8.4-46.el6.i686.rpm

    coreutils-debuginfo-8.4-46.el6.i686.rpm

    coreutils-libs-8.4-46.el6.i686.rpm



- Scientific Linux Development Team

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