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2 vulnerabilities found for systemd by [UNKNOWN]
CVE-2020-1712 (GCVE-0-2020-1712)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-03-31 16:44 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:53
VLAI?
Summary
A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted dbus messages.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
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CVE-2020-1712 (GCVE-0-2020-1712)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2020-03-31 16:44 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:53
VLAI?
Summary
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Severity ?
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