#VU15674 Race condition in systemd - CVE-2018-15687

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#VU15674 Race condition in systemd - CVE-2018-15687

Published: November 1, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15674
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
systemd
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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