CVE-2018-16888

Publication date 14 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
systemd 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 229-4ubuntu21.27
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Patch details

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Package Patch details
systemd

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4269-1
    • systemd vulnerabilities
    • 5 February 2020

Other references