User Impersonation Affecting libsystemd package, versions [246.16,249.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBSYSTEMD-10077374
  • published8 May 2025
  • disclosed10 May 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 May 2021

CVE-2020-13529  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-290  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libsystemd to version 249.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation. An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in Systemd 245. A specially crafted DHCP FORCERENEW packet can cause a server running the DHCP client to be vulnerable to a DHCP ACK spoofing attack. An attacker can forge a pair of FORCERENEW and DCHP ACK packets to reconfigure the server.

CVSS Base Scores

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