Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting systemd-sysvinit package, versions <234-24.15.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-SYSTEMDSYSVINIT-2757310
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Nov 2018

Introduced: 7 Nov 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 systemd-sysvinit to version 234-24.15.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-sysvinit package and not the systemd-sysvinit package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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

version 3.1