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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for systemd (DLA-2715-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'systemd' package(s) announced via the DLA-2715-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

The Qualys Research Labs discovered that an attacker-controlled allocation using the alloca() function could result in memory corruption, allowing to crash systemd and hence the entire operating system. Details can be found in the Qualys advisory at [link moved to references]

Affected Software

Affected Software

'systemd' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 232-25+deb9u13. We recommend that you upgrade your systemd packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)