vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-6954): systemd vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 13, 2018
Added
Nov 15, 2018
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

systemd-tmpfiles in systemd through 237 mishandles symlinks present in non-terminal path components, which allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via vectors involving creation of a directory and a file under that directory, and later replacing that directory with a symlink. This occurs even if the fs.protected_symlinks sysctl is turned on.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-systemd
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