cvelist/2018/16xxx/CVE-2018-16888.json

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                "value": "It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable."
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                        "value": "CWE-250"
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            {
                "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0007/",
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0007/"
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                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16888",
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                "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16888"
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            {
                "refsource": "REDHAT",
                "name": "RHSA-2019:2091",
                "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091"
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            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[cassandra-user] 20190809 cassandra does not start with new systemd version",
                "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5960a34a524848cd722fd7ab7e2227eac10107b0f90d9d1e9c3caa74@%3Cuser.cassandra.apache.org%3E"
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            {
                "refsource": "UBUNTU",
                "name": "USN-4269-1",
                "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/"
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