UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000082

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000082

    Published: 7 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: systemd v233 and earlier fails to safely parse usernames starting with a numeric digit (e.g. "0day"), running the service in question with root privileges rather than the user intended.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000082, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/02/1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000082

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: systemd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm4?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    225-1ubuntu9

    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