Privilege Context Switching Error Affecting coreutils package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-COREUTILS-1962161
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed28 Feb 2016

Introduced: 28 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2781  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-270  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 coreutils.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream coreutils package and not the coreutils package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.