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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-15686) ELSA-2019-2091: systemd security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-15686) ELSA-2019-2091: systemd security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/26/2018
Created
07/23/2020
Added
07/21/2020
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libgudev1
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libgudev1-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd-journal-gateway
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd-networkd
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd-resolved
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-systemd-sysv

References

  • ELSA-2019-2091
  • USN-3816-1
  • USN-3816-2
  • USN-3816-3
  • CVE-2018-15686

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