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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : systemd vulnerabilities (USN-4269-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133523

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain PIDFile files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to trick systemd into killing privileged processes. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-16888)

It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain udevadm trigger commands. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause systemd to consume resources, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-20386)

Jann Horn discovered that systemd incorrectly handled services that use the DynamicUser property. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to access resources owned by a different service in the future.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-3843, CVE-2019-3844)

Tavis Ormandy discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain Polkit queries. A local attacker could use this issue to cause systemd to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code and escalate privileges. (CVE-2020-1712).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4269-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133523

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4269-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1712

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:systemd, 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-tests, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:udev-udeb, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-: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:libnss-systemd, 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, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libudev1-udeb

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16888, CVE-2019-20386, CVE-2019-3843, CVE-2019-3844, CVE-2020-1712

USN: 4269-1