High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-1712

Description

A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted dbus messages.

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Affected products

Systemd Project/Systemd2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=244
- (no CPE)range: <v245-rc1
Red Hat/Ceph Storage
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Discovery
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:discovery:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Migration Toolkit
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:migration_toolkit:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Openshift Container Platform
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd/systemddescription
osv-coords33 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCL pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5 pkg:apk/chainguard/py3-supported-systemd pkg:apk/chainguard/py3-systemd pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-systemd pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.11-systemd pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.12-systemd pkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-systemd pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205 pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5 pkg:rpm/opensuse/systemd-mini&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1 pkg:rpm/opensuse/systemd&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSS pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015 pkg:rpm/opensuse/systemd&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1
< 228-150.82.1+ 32 more
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-157.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-157.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-157.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-lp151.26.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 249.4-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-lp151.26.7.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abbnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2dnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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