Synopsis: Moderate: systemd security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2019:2091-1
Issue Date:        2019-08-06
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-16866
                   CVE-2018-16888
                   CVE-2018-15686
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Security Fix(es):

* systemd: line splitting via fgets() allows for state injection during
daemon-reexec (CVE-2018-15686)

* systemd: out-of-bounds read when parsing a crafted syslog message
(CVE-2018-16866)

* systemd: kills privileged process if unprivileged PIDFile was tampered
(CVE-2018-16888)
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SL7
  x86_64
    systemd-devel-219-67.el7.i686.rpm
    systemd-libs-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    systemd-devel-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libgudev1-devel-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libgudev1-devel-219-67.el7.i686.rpm
    libgudev1-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    systemd-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    libgudev1-219-67.el7.i686.rpm
    systemd-python-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    systemd-sysv-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    systemd-libs-219-67.el7.i686.rpm
    systemd-networkd-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    systemd-resolved-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    systemd-journal-gateway-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
    systemd-resolved-219-67.el7.i686.rpm
    systemd-debuginfo-219-67.el7.i686.rpm
    systemd-debuginfo-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2019-2091-1 Moderate: systemd on SL7.x x86_64

systemd: line splitting via fgets() allows for state injection during daemon-reexec (CVE-2018-15686) * systemd: out-of-bounds read when parsing a crafted syslog message (CVE-2018-1...

Summary

Moderate: systemd security, bug fix, and enhancement update



Security Fixes

* systemd: line splitting via fgets() allows for state injection during daemon-reexec (CVE-2018-15686)
* systemd: out-of-bounds read when parsing a crafted syslog message (CVE-2018-16866)
* systemd: kills privileged process if unprivileged PIDFile was tampered (CVE-2018-16888)
SL7 x86_64 systemd-devel-219-67.el7.i686.rpm systemd-libs-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm systemd-devel-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm libgudev1-devel-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm libgudev1-devel-219-67.el7.i686.rpm libgudev1-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm systemd-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm libgudev1-219-67.el7.i686.rpm systemd-python-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm systemd-sysv-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm systemd-libs-219-67.el7.i686.rpm systemd-networkd-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm systemd-resolved-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm systemd-journal-gateway-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm systemd-resolved-219-67.el7.i686.rpm systemd-debuginfo-219-67.el7.i686.rpm systemd-debuginfo-219-67.el7.x86_64.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2019:2091-1
Issued Date: : 2019-08-06
CVE Numbers: CVE-2018-16866
CVE-2018-16888
CVE-2018-15686

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