PT-2012-3105 · Systemd · Systemd

Jan Lieskovsky + 1 · Published 2012-07-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-1174

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions systemd versions prior to 44

Description The issue concerns the rm rf children function in util.c within the systemd-logind login manager. It allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files related to user session records when logging out.

Recommendations For versions prior to 44, update to version 44 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the rm rf children function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1174

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10112-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10356-1

Affected Products

Systemd

References · 14

• 🔥 http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1174 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1174 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1174 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1174 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10356-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10112-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4288 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7510 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1174 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/21 · Note