systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such...
High severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 29, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jun 3, 2020
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Jan 29, 2023
systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082.
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