CVE-2018-15686
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.8 High
- Status
- Modified - security@ubuntu.com
- Published
- 2018-10-26
- Last modified
- 2025-06-09
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment (Oracle)
- Systemd (Systemd)
- Systemd (Systemd Project)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.a…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
