redhat · CVE-2016-2568

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Priority: medium Published: 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC

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Tracker summary

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.

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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