Expected Behavior Violation Affecting systemd-tests package, versions <0:239-45.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SYSTEMDTESTS-3977497
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 May 2020

Introduced: 31 May 2020

CVE-2020-13776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-440  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 systemd-tests to version 0:239-45.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1611.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-tests package and not the systemd-tests package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.

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