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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-15687: systemd: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-15687: systemd: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/26/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
10/31/2018
Modified
02/02/2022

Description

A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-systemd

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