USN-3558-1: systemd vulnerabilities
5 February 2018
Several security issues were fixed in systemd.
Releases
Packages
- systemd - system and service manager
Details
Karim Hossen & Thomas Imbert and Nelson William Gamazo Sanchez
independently discovered that systemd-resolved incorrectly handled certain
DNS responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
systemd to temporarily stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-15908)
It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled automounted volumes. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications to hang,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2018-1049)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.