Google: sys-apps/systemd: security update to 18244.1.61

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450731

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance is skipped)
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption for SHA-1 computations) via DNSSEC
responses in a random subdomain attack, aka the "NSEC3" issue. The RFC 5155 specification implies that an
algorithm must perform thousands of iterations of a hash function in certain situations. (CVE-2023-50868)

Solution

Update the sys-apps/systemd library and its related packages to version 18244.1.61 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 450731

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50868

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50868

Detections

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