Resource Exhaustion Affecting systemd-python package, versions <0:219-78.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.13% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL7-SYSTEMDPYTHON-1529030
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 22 Jan 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 systemd-python to version 0:219-78.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4007.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-python package and not the systemd-python package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in button_open in login/logind-button.c in systemd before 243. When executing the udevadm trigger command, a memory leak may occur.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

2.4 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Physical
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

2.4 low
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SUSE

2.4 low