USN-3558-1: systemd vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3558-1
5th February, 2018
systemd vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in systemd.
Software description
- systemd
– system and service manager
Details
Karim Hossen & Thomas Imbert and Nelson William Gamazo Sanchez
independently discovered that systemd-resolved incorrectly handled certain
DNS responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
systemd to temporarily stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-15908)
It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled automounted volumes. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1049)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
systemd
229-4ubuntu21.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
systemd
204-5ubuntu20.26
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3558-1: systemd vulnerabilities
