CVE-2018-16888
4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The systemd Project | systemd | v237 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-250: CWE-250
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0007/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16888
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5960a34a524848cd722fd7ab7e2227eac10107b0f90d9d1e9c3caa74%40%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/
References
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0007/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16888
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5960a34a524848cd722fd7ab7e2227eac10107b0f90d9d1e9c3caa74%40%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/
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