CVE-2018-15686

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-15686
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-26 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:53:00 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Freedesktop Systemd All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment 1.4.0 All All All
Application Systemd Project Systemd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1580-1] systemd security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
systemd - 'reexec' State Injection - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
USN-3816-1: systemd vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2021 N/A www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
pid1 serialization/deserialization fixes by poettering · Pull Request #10519 · systemd/systemd · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
systemd: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-10) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Jann Horn

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 352381 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for systemd: ALAS2-2021-1647
  • 900013 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for systemd 239
  • 903106 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for systemd (1792)
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