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Incorrect Authorization The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package systemd-mini-sysvinit  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-SYSTEMDMINISYSVINIT-2751551
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed15 Jul 2019
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Introduced: 15 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-3842  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The SLES security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for SLES:15.1.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-mini-sysvinit package and not the systemd-mini-sysvinit package as distributed by SLES.

In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in some particular configurations, to set a XDG_SEAT environment variable which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using the "allow_active" element rather than "allow_any".

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