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LIN8-5831 : Security Advisory - util-linux - CVE-2016-2779

Created: Feb 9, 2017 Updated: May 29, 2018

Found In Version: 8.0.0.13

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8

Component/s: Userspace

Description

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.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2016-2779

CVEs

CVE-2016-2779