Util-Linux vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Util-Linux is made by Kernel. We track 15 published vulnerabilities in it, across 106 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Util-Linux, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.
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None of Util-Linux's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.
Which Util-Linux flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 4.5%CVE-2015-5224Critical
The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.
- 2.2%
wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to be sent to other users' terminals through argv.
- 0.7%CVE-2021-37600Medium
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.
- 0.6%CVE-2014-9114High
Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
- 0.6%CVE-2021-3996Medium
A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem.
- 0.6%CVE-2021-3995Medium
A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem.
- 0.6%
Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.
- 0.5%CVE-2020-21583Medium
An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.
- 0.5%CVE-2016-5011Medium
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...
- 0.4%CVE-2007-5191High
mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.
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The mkostemp function in login-utils in util-linux when used incorrectly allows remote attackers to cause file name collision and possibly other attacks.
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We track 15 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Util-Linux, across 106 versions.
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