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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2781

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 coreutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 coreutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.4-1"}]}]

Debian:14 coreutils

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"9.4-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org