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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : systemd regression (USN-3816-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119253

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3816-3 advisory.

 USN-3816-1 fixed vulnerabilities in systemd. The fix for CVE-2018-6954 caused a regression in systemd- tmpfiles when running Ubuntu inside a container on some older kernels. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. In order to continue to support this configuration, the fixes for CVE-2018-6954 have been reverted.

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Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3816-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119253

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3816-3.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2018

Updated: 9/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-myhostname, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-mymachines, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-resolve, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsystemd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsystemd0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libudev-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libudev1-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libudev1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-container, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-coredump, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-journal-remote, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd-sysv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udev-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udev

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

USN: 3816-3