Improper Privilege Management Affecting util-linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-UTILLINUX-6513797
  • published29 Mar 2024
  • disclosed27 Mar 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-28085  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-268  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management due to the improper handling of escape sequences in command-line arguments (argv). An attacker can inject escape sequences into other users' terminals, potentially leading to account takeover.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1