MGASA-2018-0058

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    MGASA-2018-0058

    Published: 3 Jan 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15908

    Summary: Updated systemd packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated systemd packages fix security vulnerability: 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 (CVE-2017-15908).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0058.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22294, https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3466-1/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: systemd

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/systemd?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -230-12.2.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High