Out-of-Bounds Affecting systemd package, versions <239-11


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-SYSTEMD-526107
  • published 28 Oct 2018
  • disclosed 26 Oct 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 systemd to version 239-11 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the dhcp6 client of systemd allows a malicious dhcp6 server to overwrite heap memory in systemd-networkd. Affected releases are systemd: versions up to and including 239.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Adjacent
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High