Vulnerability CVE-2019-15718
Published: 2019-09-04

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.

Type:

CWE-284

 (Improper Access Control)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Freedesktop -> Systemd 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/09/03/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1746057
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRE5IS24XTF5WNZGH2L7GSQJKARBOEGL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HIKGKXZ5OEGOEYURHLJHEMFYNLEGAW5B/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U2WNHRJW4XI6H5YMDG4BUFGPAXWUMUVG/
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