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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831575
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for systemd MDVSA-2012:030 (systemd)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'systemd'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'systemd'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in systemd:

A TOCTOU race condition was found in the way the systemd-logind
login manager of the systemd, a system and service manager for Linux,
performed removal of particular records related with user session upon
user logout. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symbolic
link attacks, potentially leading to removal of arbitrary system file
(CVE-2012-1174).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software/OS:
systemd on Mandriva Linux 2011.0

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
3.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1174
FEDORA-2012-6456
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html
MDVSA-2012:030
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030
[oss-security] 20120316 [Notification] CVE-2012-1174 systemd: TOCTOU race condition by removing user session
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/21
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH

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