CVE-2018-15686 (GCVE-0-2018-15686)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-10-26 14:00
Modified
2025-06-09 15:50
Severity ?
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • fgets() can be confused by overly-long input strings. The first read will return a partial string and subsequent reads will begin as if it were a new line.
Summary
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.
References
security@ubuntu.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091 Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222 Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593 Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519 Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
security@ubuntu.com https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@ubuntu.com https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519 Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/ Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html Third Party Advisory
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