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CVE-2018-15687

systemd: chown_one() can dereference symlinks

Published: 10/26/2018 Last updated: 6/9/2025 Reserved: 8/22/2018

A race condition in chown_one() of systemd allows an attacker to cause systemd to set arbitrary permissions on arbitrary files. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.

CNA assigner: canonical (cc1ad9ee-3454-478d-9317-d3e869d708bc) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.0 7.8 High CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Opam packages affected (2)

conf-libudev ocaml-systemd

Products affected (1)

Product Vendor Version
systemd systemd <= *

References (10)

Credits (1)