FKIE_CVE-2019-3842

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-04-09 21:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:35
Severity
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in some particular configurations, to set a XDG_SEAT environment variable which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using the "allow_active" element rather than "allow_any".
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
systemd_project systemd *
systemd_project systemd 242
systemd_project systemd 242
systemd_project systemd 242
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
fedoraproject fedora 30
debian debian_linux 8.0
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