Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2020· Updated Jun 9, 2025
CVE-2020-1712
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
35- systemd/systemddescription
- Range: < v245-rc1
- osv-coords33 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/py3.10-systemdpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.11-systemdpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.12-systemdpkg:apk/chainguard/py3.13-systemdpkg:apk/chainguard/py3-supported-systemdpkg:apk/chainguard/py3-systemdpkg:rpm/opensuse/systemd&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/systemd&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/systemd-mini&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/systemd&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 0+ 32 more
- (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: < 234-lp151.26.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 249.4-2.2
- (no CPE)range: < 234-lp151.26.7.1
- (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: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.46.1
- (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: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-157.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 234-24.39.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-157.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
- (no CPE)range: < 228-150.82.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abbmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2dmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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