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Echo: coreutils: security update to 9.1-1-e1

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 465008

Description

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

 - chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via
 a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer. (CVE-2016-2781)

Solution

Update the coreutils library and its related packages to version 9.1-1-e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2016-2781

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 465008

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 50.87

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2781

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 3.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2781