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CVE-2020-1712

Public on 2020-02-03
Modified on 2020-02-08
Description

A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted dbus messages.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core systemd 2020-02-03 21:13 ALAS2-2020-1388

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P