Upstream information

CVE-2018-15687 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 4.7 6.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Access Vector Local Local
Access Complexity High High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1113666 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3
  • libsystemd0 >= 246.13-5.1
  • libsystemd0-32bit >= 246.13-5.1
  • libudev-devel >= 246.13-5.1
  • libudev1 >= 246.13-5.1
  • libudev1-32bit >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-32bit >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-container >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-coredump >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-devel >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-doc >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-journal-remote >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-lang >= 246.13-5.1
  • systemd-sysvinit >= 246.13-5.1
  • udev >= 246.13-5.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libsystemd0 >= 249.4-2.2
  • libsystemd0-32bit >= 249.4-2.2
  • libudev-devel >= 249.4-2.2
  • libudev-devel-32bit >= 249.4-2.2
  • libudev1 >= 249.4-2.2
  • libudev1-32bit >= 249.4-2.2
  • nss-myhostname >= 249.4-2.2
  • nss-myhostname-32bit >= 249.4-2.2
  • nss-mymachines >= 249.4-2.2
  • nss-mymachines-32bit >= 249.4-2.2
  • nss-resolve >= 249.4-2.2
  • nss-systemd >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-32bit >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-container >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-coredump >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-devel >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-doc >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-experimental >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-journal-remote >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-lang >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-logger >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-network >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-portable >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-sysvinit >= 249.4-2.2
  • systemd-testsuite >= 249.4-2.2
  • udev >= 249.4-2.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA libsystemd0-249.4-2.2

First public cloud image revisions this CVE is fixed in:

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s) Source package State
Magnum Orchestration systemd Not affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 systemd Not affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 1.0 systemd Affected
SUSE Container as a Service Platform 2.0 systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 ESPOS systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 systemd Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 systemd Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 systemd Already fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 LTSS systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 LTSS systemd Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 systemd Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 systemd Not affected