vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2020-13776: systemd -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 3, 2020
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-systemd
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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