GSD-2018-15686

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
Details
A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239.
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CVE-2018-15686
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