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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-15718

An unprivileged user can exploit this by executing D-Bus methods that should be restricted to privileged users, in order to change the system's DNS resolver settings.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In systemd 240, bus_open_system_watch_bind_with_description in shared/bus-util.c (as used by systemd-resolved to connect to the system D-Bus instance), calls sd_bus_set_trusted, which disables access controls for incoming D-Bus messages. An unprivileged user can exploit this by executing D-Bus methods that should be restricted to privileged users, in order to change the system's DNS resolver settings.

CVSS 3.1
4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.51% probability · 42th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
systemd project/systemd · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus s390x · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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