CVE-2018-6954

Name
CVE-2018-6954
Description
systemd-tmpfiles in systemd through 237 mishandles symlinks present in non-terminal path components, which allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via vectors involving creation of a directory and a file under that directory, and later replacing that directory with a symlink. This occurs even if the fs.protected_symlinks sysctl is turned on.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
Mailing lists
Exploits
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Exploit https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/7986
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-2/
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
MLIST https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
MLIST https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* systemd >= None <= 237

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status