-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Moderate: util-linux security and bug fix update Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:0907-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0907 Issue date: 2017-04-12 CVE Names: CVE-2017-2616 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for util-linux is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 3. Description: The util-linux packages contain a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, these include the fdisk configuration tool and the login program. 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) Red Hat would like to thank Tobias StAPckmann for reporting this issue. Bug Fix(es): * The "findmnt --target " command prints all file systems where the mount point directory is . Previously, when used in the chroot environment, "findmnt --target " incorrectly displayed all mount points. The command has been fixed so that it now checks the mount point path and returns information only for the relevant mount point. (BZ#1414481) 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1414481 - findmnt --target behaviour changed in 7.3, shows all mount-points in chroot 1418710 - CVE-2017-2616 util-linux: Sending SIGKILL to other processes with root privileges via su 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.src.rpm x86_64: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): x86_64: libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7): Source: util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.src.rpm x86_64: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): x86_64: libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.src.rpm aarch64: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm ppc64: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm s390x: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm x86_64: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7): aarch64: libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.aarch64.rpm ppc64: libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64.rpm ppc64le: libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.ppc64le.rpm s390x: libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.s390x.rpm x86_64: libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.src.rpm x86_64: libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm uuidd-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7): x86_64: libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm libmount-devel-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.i686.rpm util-linux-debuginfo-2.23.2-33.el7_3.2.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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