| Name | CVE-2016-10156 |
| Description | A flaw in systemd v228 in /src/basic/fs-util.c caused world writable suid files to be created when using the systemd timers features, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. This is fixed in v229. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: local) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| systemd (PTS) | jessie | 215-17+deb8u7 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 215-17+deb8u13 | fixed | |
| stretch | 232-25+deb9u12 | fixed | |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u11 | fixed | |
| buster | 241-7~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 242-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| systemd | source | (unstable) | 229-1 | high | ||
| systemd | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| systemd | source | wheezy | (not affected) |
[jessie] - systemd <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced in v228)
[wheezy] - systemd <not-affected> (Vulnerability introduced in v228)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601
Fixed by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e (v229)
Introduced by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f (v228)