Executive Summary

Summary
Title systemd vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3466-1 First vendor Publication 2017-10-26
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-10-26
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 17.04

Summary:

systemd could be made to temporarily stop responding if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description: - systemd: system and service manager

Details:

Karim Hossen & Thomas Imbert 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.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.10:
systemd 234-2ubuntu12.1

Ubuntu 17.04:
systemd 232-21ubuntu7.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3466-1
CVE-2017-15908

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/234-2ubuntu12.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/232-21ubuntu7.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3466-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 13
Os 2

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2018-06-12 Linux systemd DNS resolver denial of service attempt
RuleID : 46619 - Revision : 2 - Type : OS-LINUX
2018-06-12 Linux systemd DNS resolver denial of service attempt
RuleID : 46618 - Revision : 2 - Type : OS-LINUX
2018-06-12 Linux systemd DNS resolver denial of service attempt
RuleID : 46617 - Revision : 2 - Type : OS-LINUX
2018-06-12 Linux systemd DNS resolver denial of service attempt
RuleID : 46616 - Revision : 2 - Type : OS-LINUX
2018-06-12 Linux systemd DNS resolver denial of service attempt
RuleID : 46615 - Revision : 2 - Type : OS-LINUX
2018-06-12 Linux systemd DNS resolver denial of service attempt
RuleID : 46614 - Revision : 2 - Type : OS-LINUX
2018-06-12 Linux systemd DNS resolver denial of service attempt
RuleID : 46613 - Revision : 2 - Type : OS-LINUX

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0044.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-08-17 Name : The remote PhotonOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : PhotonOS_PHSA-2017-0045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-10-27 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3466-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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