The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2021:1611 advisory.

  - In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment     before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in some particular configurations, to     set a XDG_SEAT environment variable which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using     the allow_active element rather than allow_any. (CVE-2019-3842)

  - systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed     by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were     intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082. (CVE-2020-13776)

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

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Rocky Linux 8 : systemd (RLSA-2021:1611)

high Nessus Plugin ID 184771

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