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CVE-2020-1712
published 2020-03-31

CVE-2020-1712: A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.46%
38.6th percentile
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.

Affected

16 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debiandebian_linux——
debiansystemd< systemd 244.2-1 (bookworm)systemd 244.2-1 (bookworm)
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_arm——
msrccbl_mariner_1.0_x64——
msrccm1_systemd_239-34_on_cbl_mariner_1.0——
redhatceph_storage——
redhatenterprise_linux——
redhatmigration_toolkit——
redhatopenshift_container_platform——
systemd_projectsystemd<= 244—
systemd_projectsystemd>= 0 < 244.2-1244.2-1
systemd_projectsystemd>= 0 < 244.2-1244.2-1
systemd_projectsystemd>= 0 < 244.2-1244.2-1
systemd_projectsystemd>= 0 < 244.2-1244.2-1
systemd_projectsystemd>= 0 < 229-4ubuntu21.27229-4ubuntu21.27
systemd_projectsystemd>= 0 < 237-3ubuntu10.38237-3ubuntu10.38

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu4.7MEDIUM
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