DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2779
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779
Upstream
Published
2017-02-07T15:59:00.287Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:18:31.141982Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31.1-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779.json"

Debian:12 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31.1-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779.json"

Debian:13 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31.1-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779.json"

Debian:14 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.31.1-0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779.json"