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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843814
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3816-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'systemd' package(s) announced via the USN-3816-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'systemd' package(s) announced via the USN-3816-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Jann Horn discovered that unit_deserialize incorrectly handled status messages
above a certain length. A local attacker could potentially exploit this via
NotifyAccess to inject arbitrary state across re-execution and obtain root
privileges. (CVE-2018-15686)

Jann Horn discovered a race condition in chown_one(). A local attacker
could potentially exploit this by setting arbitrary permissions on certain
files to obtain root privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-15687)

It was discovered that systemd-tmpfiles mishandled symlinks in
non-terminal path components. A local attacker could potentially exploit
this by gaining ownership of certain files to obtain root privileges. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-6954)

Affected Software/OS:
'systemd' package(s) on Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.2

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-15686
BugTraq ID: 105747
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105747
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45714/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00017.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2091
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:3222
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2020:0593
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-15687
BugTraq ID: 105748
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-6954
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/7986
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1450 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-2/
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