| Name | CVE-2018-15686 |
| Description | A vulnerability in unit_deserialize of systemd allows an attacker to supply arbitrary state across systemd re-execution via NotifyAccess. This can be used to improperly influence systemd execution and possibly lead to root privilege escalation. Affected releases are systemd versions up to and including 239. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1580-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 912005 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| systemd (PTS) | bullseye | 247.3-7+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 247.3-7+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 252.33-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 257.2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1687
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1796402
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/10519
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9f1c81d80a435d15ca1bd536a6d043c18c81c047