{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "security@ubuntu.com", "DATE_PUBLIC" : "2018-10-25T00:00:00.000Z", "ID" : "CVE-2018-15687", "STATE" : "PUBLIC", "TITLE" : "systemd: chown_one() can dereference symlinks" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "systemd", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "affected" : "<=", "version_value" : "239" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "systemd" } ] } }, "credit" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "Jann Horn" } ], "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "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." } ] }, "impact" : { "cvss" : { "attackComplexity" : "LOW", "attackVector" : "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact" : "HIGH", "baseScore" : 7.8, "baseSeverity" : "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact" : "HIGH", "integrityImpact" : "HIGH", "privilegesRequired" : "LOW", "scope" : "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction" : "NONE", "vectorString" : "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version" : "3.0" } }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "There is a race condition between a stat(2) call and the fchmodat(2) call." } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "name" : "45715", "refsource" : "EXPLOIT-DB", "url" : "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45715/" }, { "name" : "https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits", "refsource" : "MISC", "url" : "https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10517/commits" }, { "name" : "GLSA-201810-10", "refsource" : "GENTOO", "url" : "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-10" }, { "name" : "USN-3816-1", "refsource" : "UBUNTU", "url" : "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3816-1/" }, { "name" : "105748", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105748" } ] }, "source" : { "defect" : [ "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1796692" ], "discovery" : "EXTERNAL" } }