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SUSE: CVE-2016-10156: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-10156: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/23/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/26/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

A flaw in systemd v228 in /src/basic/fs-util.c caused world writable suid files to be created when using the systemd timers features, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. This is fixed in v229.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libsystemd0
  • suse-upgrade-libsystemd0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libudev-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libudev1
  • suse-upgrade-libudev1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-sles12sp2-docker-image
  • suse-upgrade-systemd
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-bash-completion
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-container
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-coredump
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-doc
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-journal-remote
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-lang
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-sysvinit
  • suse-upgrade-udev

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0279-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:2701-1
  • 95790
  • 1037686
  • CVE-2016-10156

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