Race condition in systemd - CVE-2018-15687
Published: November 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15674
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-15687
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
systemd
systemd
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to race condition in chown_one() of systemd. A remote attacker can bypass security restriction and set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-15687
Install update from vendor's website.