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Race Condition Affecting systemd package, versions <239-11

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.26% (66th percentile)
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NVD
7 high
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Red Hat
6.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN10-SYSTEMD-305109
  • published 28 Oct 2018
  • disclosed 26 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 26 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-15687 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 systemd to version 239-11 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.