CVE catalog

CVE-2016-2781

coreutils: CVE-2016-2781

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.43% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiancoreutilssid9.10-1fixed
Debiancoreutilsforky9.10-1fixed
Debiancoreutilstrixie9.7-3fixed
Debiancoreutilsbookworm9.1-1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils14.048.20-3ubuntu5vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils14.048.21-1ubuntu3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils14.048.21-1ubuntu4vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils14.048.21-1ubuntu5vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils14.048.21-1ubuntu5.1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils14.048.21-1ubuntu5.3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils14.048.21-1ubuntu5.4vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils16.048.23-4ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils16.048.25-2ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils16.048.25-2ubuntu3~16.04vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils18.048.26-3ubuntu4vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils18.048.28-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils20.048.30-3ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils22.048.32-4ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils22.048.32-4ubuntu3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils22.048.32-4.1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils22.048.32-4.1ubuntu1.1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils22.048.32-4.1ubuntu1.2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils22.048.32-4.1ubuntu1.3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils22.048.32-4.1ubuntu1.4vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.1-1ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-2ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-2ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-2ubuntu3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-2ubuntu4vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-3ubuntu3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-3ubuntu5vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-3ubuntu6vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-3ubuntu6.1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-3ubuntu6.2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils24.049.4-3ubuntu6.3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils25.109.5-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils25.109.5-1ubuntu1.25.10.1vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils25.109.5-1ubuntu2vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils25.109.5-1ubuntu3vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils25.109.5-1ubuntu4vulnerable
Ubuntucoreutils25.109.5-1ubuntu4.1vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiancoreutilssourcesid9.4-1lowNot reported[816320]
Debiancoreutilssourceforky9.4-1lowNot reported[816320]
Debiancoreutilssourcetrixie9.4-1lowNot reported[816320]
Debiancoreutilssourcebookworm(unfixed)lowNot reported[816320]

[Debian bug #816320]

Notes

[bookworm] coreutils: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [coreutils]Affected
    Details (2)

    • 9.1-1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12

    • 9.1-1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · coreutils · debian · bookworm; dsa · coreutils · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [coreutils]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 9.7-3 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 9.4-1

      dsa · coreutils · debian · 13

    • 9.7-3 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 9.4-1

      dsa · coreutils · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]