Description
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.
Published: 2020-03-31
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3063-1 systemd security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-12567 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4269-1 systemd vulnerabilities
History

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Ceph Storage Discovery Enterprise Linux Migration Toolkit Openshift Container Platform Rhel E4s
Systemd Project Systemd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-09T15:53:12.293Z

Reserved: 2019-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-1712

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T06:46:30.849Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-31T17:15:26.577

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:11:13.433

Link: CVE-2020-1712

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-02-05T09:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-1712 - Bugzilla

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