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AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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In systemd 258 before 260, a local unprivileged user can trigger an assert when a Delegate=yes and User=<unset> unit exists and is running.
AnalysisAI
Local denial of service in systemd 258 through 259 allows unprivileged users to trigger an assertion failure by interacting with service units configured with Delegate=yes and no explicit User setting, causing the systemd daemon to crash. The vulnerability requires local access and specific unit configuration but poses moderate risk to system availability with a CVSS score of 4.7 and no active exploitation currently identified.
Technical ContextAI
Systemd is a system and service manager for Linux that uses unit files to define service behaviors and resource delegation. The vulnerability stems from improper assertion logic (CWE-696: Incorrect Behavior Order) in systemd's handling of delegated cgroups when a unit has Delegate=yes set but no explicit User parameter specified. This configuration state creates a logic error where unprivileged users can reach a code path that triggers an unguarded assert statement, crashing the systemd process. The affected systemd versions are 258 up to but not including 260, identified via CPE cpe:2.3:a:systemd:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*.
RemediationAI
Upgrade systemd to version 260 or later, which contains the fix for this assertion logic error. In the interim, system administrators can mitigate the issue by ensuring all service units with Delegate=yes also have an explicit User parameter defined in their unit configuration files, avoiding the problematic configuration state. See the GitHub security advisory at https://github.com/systemd/systemd/security/advisories/GHSA-x4h8-rrrg-q78f for additional details and confirmation of patched versions.
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Severity: Medium| Product | Status |
|---|---|
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Fixed |
| SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 | Fixed |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 | Fixed |
| SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Installer Updates 15 SP1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Manager Server 4.2 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 | Fixed |
| SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.3 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.4 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 | Fixed |
| openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 | Fixed |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun | Fixed |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure | Fixed |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 | Fixed |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE | Fixed |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC | Fixed |
| SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.0 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.1 | Fixed |
| SUSE Linux Micro Extras 6.2 | Fixed |
| bci/bci-init:15.3 bci/bci-init:15.4 bci/bci-init:15.5 bci/kiwi kiwi-templates-Minimal kiwi-templates-Minimal-Cloud-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-MS-HyperV-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-VMware-sap kiwi-templates-Minimal-kvm-and-xen-sap rancher/elemental-builder-image/5.3 rancher/elemental-teal-iso/5.3 rancher/elemental-teal-iso/5.4 rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.3 rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4 rancher/elemental-teal/5.3 rancher/elemental-teal/5.4 ses/6/cephcsi/cephcsi ses/6/rook/ceph ses/7.1/ceph/haproxy ses/7.1/ceph/keepalived ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi ses/7.1/rook/ceph ses/7/ceph/ceph ses/7/ceph/grafana ses/7/cephcsi/cephcsi ses/7/rook/ceph suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node suse/kiosk/pulseaudio:17 suse/kiosk/xorg:21 suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server-hub-xmlrpc-api suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-httpd suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-salt-broker suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server-hub-xmlrpc-api suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server-hub-xmlrpc-api suse/pcp suse/pcp:5 suse/pcp:6 suse/postgres suse/postgres:10 suse/postgres:12 suse/postgres:13 suse/postgres:14 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3 suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4 suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox suse/sle-micro/5.5 suse/sle-micro/base-5.5 suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5 suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5 suse/sles/15.2/virt-handler:0.38.1 suse/sles/15.2/virt-launcher:0.38.1 suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.3/virt-handler:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.3/virt-launcher:0.45.0 suse/sles/15.4/cdi-importer:1.43.0 suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.4/virt-handler:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.4/virt-launcher:0.49.0 suse/sles/15.5/cdi-importer:1.55.0 suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.5/virt-handler:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0 suse/sles/15.6/libguestfs-tools:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.6/virt-handler:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.6/virt-launcher:1.1.1 suse/sles/15.7/libguestfs-tools:1.5.0 suse/sles/15.7/virt-handler:1.5.0 suse/sles/15.7/virt-launcher:1.5.0 suse/sles12sp3 trento/trento-db | Fixed |
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