USN-3891-1

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    USN-3891-1

    Published: 18 Feb 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: systemd vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain D-Bus messages. A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this in order to crash the init process, resulting in a system denial-of-service (kernel panic).

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3891-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6454

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: systemd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -229-4ubuntu21.16

    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