Improper Privilege Management Affecting systemd package, versions <0:239-45.0.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-SYSTEMD-2584251
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Jun 2020

Introduced: 3 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-13776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 systemd to version 0:239-45.0.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-1611.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082.

CVSS Scores

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