SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1049

In systemd prior to 234 a race condition exists between .mount and .automount units such that automount requests from kernel may not be serviced by systemd resulting in kernel holding the mountpoint and any processes that try to use said mount will hang.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 7.44%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In systemd prior to 234 a race condition exists between .mount and .automount units such that automount requests from kernel may not be serviced by systemd resulting in kernel holding the mountpoint and any processes that try to use said mount will hang. A race condition like this may lead to denial of service, until mount points are unmounted.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
7.44% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-362
Affected
systemd project/systemd · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux aus · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.