HIGH 7.8 Microsoft
CVE-2020-1712
A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1 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.
Microsoft Security Update 2020-Mar: A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1 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.
Affected Products
- cm1 systemd 239-34 on CBL Mariner 1.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1712
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1712
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2020-03-10 via Microsoft. Affected: cm1 systemd 239-34 on CBL Mariner 1.0.
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