Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting systemd package, versions <204-5
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-SYSTEMD-305180
- published 28 Oct 2013
- disclosed 28 Oct 2013
Introduced: 28 Oct 2013
CVE-2013-4394 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 systemd to version 204-5 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors involving "special and control characters."
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4394
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324