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Alpine: multiple shadow packages: security update to 4.2.1-r11

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407160

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2017-2616)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-2616

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 407160

Version: Revision 1.27

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2616

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2616

BID: 96404