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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-3843
It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser...
Vulnerability Description
It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can create a SUID/SGID binary that would be allowed to run as the transient service UID/GID even after the service is terminated. A local attacker may use this flaw to access resources that will be owned by a potentially different service in the future, when the UID/GID will be recycled.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3843
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5JXQAKSTMABZ46EVCRMW62DHWYHTTFES/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108116
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190619-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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systemd
Vulnerable Versions:
242
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 26th, 2019
Last Modified:
June 9th, 2025
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L