It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable.
The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systemd | Systemd_project | * | 237 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 | RedHat | ansible-tower-34/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28 | * |
| Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 | RedHat | ansible-tower-35/ansible-tower-memcached:1.4.15-28 | * |
| Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 for RHEL 7 | RedHat | ansible-tower-37/ansible-tower-memcached-rhel7:1.4.15-28 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | systemd-0:219-67.el7 | * |
| Systemd | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Systemd | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Systemd | Ubuntu | xenial | * |