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Vuln ID Summary CVSS Severity
CVE-2022-0563

A flaw was found in the util-linux chfn and chsh utilities when compiled with Readline support. The Readline library uses an "INPUTRC" environment variable to get a path to the library config file. When the library cannot parse the specified file, it prints an error message containing data from the file. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to read root-owned files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. This flaw affects util-linux versions prior to 2.37.4.

Published: February 21, 2022; 2:15:08 PM -0500
V3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM
V2.0: 1.9 LOW
CVE-2021-37600

An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file. NOTE: this is unexploitable in GNU C Library environments, and possibly in all realistic environments.

Published: July 30, 2021; 10:15:18 AM -0400
V3.1: 5.5 MEDIUM
V2.0: 1.2 LOW
CVE-2018-7738

In util-linux before 2.32-rc1, bash-completion/umount allows local users to gain privileges by embedding shell commands in a mountpoint name, which is mishandled during a umount command (within Bash) by a different user, as demonstrated by logging in as root and entering umount followed by a tab character for autocompletion.

Published: March 06, 2018; 9:29:03 PM -0500
V3.0: 7.8 HIGH
V2.0: 7.2 HIGH
CVE-2016-5011

The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset.

Published: April 11, 2017; 11:59:00 AM -0400
V3.1: 4.6 MEDIUM
V2.0: 4.9 MEDIUM