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CVE-2018-15686

systemd: reexec state injection: fgets() on overlong lines leads to line splitting

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

1
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Una vulnerabilidad en unit_deserialize de systemd permite que un atacante proporcione estados arbitrarios en la reejecución de systemd mediante NotifyAccess. Esto puede emplearse para influenciar incorrectamente la ejecución de systemd y podría conducir a un escalado de privilegios root. Las versiones afectadas de systemd son todas hasta la 239 incluida.

It was discovered that systemd is vulnerable to a state injection attack when deserializing the state of a service. Properties longer than LINE_MAX are not correctly parsed and an attacker may abuse this flaw in particularly configured services to inject, change, or corrupt the service state.

Linux has an issue with systemd where overlong input to fgets() during reexec state injection can lead to line splitting.

*Credits: Jann Horn
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2018-08-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2018-10-26 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-16 First Exploit
  • 2024-10-05 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 16.04
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esm
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 18.04
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"
lts
Affected
Canonical
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 Ubuntu Linux
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 18.10
Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.10"
-
Affected
Debian
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 Debian Linux
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 8.0
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-
Affected
Systemd Project
Search vendor "Systemd Project"
 Systemd
Search vendor "Systemd Project" for product "Systemd"
 <= 239
Search vendor "Systemd Project" for product "Systemd" and version " <= 239"
-
Affected
Oracle
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 Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment
Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment"
 1.4.0
Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Cloud Native Core Network Function Cloud Native Environment" and version "1.4.0"
-
Affected