Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting systemd package, versions <239-12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SYSTEMD-1560555
  • published28 Oct 2018
  • disclosed26 Oct 2018

Introduced: 26 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-15686  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 systemd to version 239-12 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:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.

CVSS Scores

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