SB2023030659 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for systemd

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SB2023030659 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for systemd

Published: March 6, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023030659
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Improper Privilege Management (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4415)

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management when handling coredumps in coredump/coredump.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability affects systems with libacl support.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45873)

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a deadlock within the parse_elf_object() function in shared/elf-util.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References