CVE-2016-2568
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-2568 |
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| State | PUBLIC |
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| Assigner | [email protected] |
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| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
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| Published | 2017-02-13 18:59:00 UTC |
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| Updated | 2022-04-18 17:59:00 UTC |
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| Description | pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer. |
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NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
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| 1300746 – (CVE-2016-2568) CVE-2016-2568 polkit: Program run via pkexec as unprivileged user can escape to parent session via TIOCSTI ioctl |
CONFIRM |
bugzilla.redhat.com |
Issue Tracking |
| CVE-2016-2568 - Red Hat Customer Portal |
MISC |
access.redhat.com |
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| oss-security - Re: CVE Request: pkexec tty hijacking via TIOCSTI ioctl |
MLIST |
www.openwall.com |
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| CVE-2016-2568 | Ubuntu |
MISC |
ubuntu.com |
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| #816062 - policykit-1: CVE-2016-2568: Program run via pkexec as unprivileged user can escape to parent session via TIOCSTI ioctl - Debian Bug report logs |
MISC |
bugs.debian.org |
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| CVE Program record |
CVE.ORG |
www.cve.org |
canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail |
NVD |
nvd.nist.gov |
canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 900083 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for polkit 0.116
- 901175 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for polkit (6800)
- 902994 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for polkit (2698)
