5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2022-45873
Systemd Coredump Deadlock Local Denial of Service
Description

systemd 250 and 251 allows local users to achieve a systemd-coredump deadlock by triggering a crash that has a long backtrace. This occurs in parse_elf_object in shared/elf-util.c. The exploitation methodology is to crash a binary calling the same function recursively, and put it in a deeply nested directory to make its backtrace large enough to cause the deadlock. This must be done 16 times when MaxConnections=16 is set for the systemd/units/systemd-coredump.socket file.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 23, 2022, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 7:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-45873 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Systemd_project systemd

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-45873 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/076b807be472630692c5348c60d0c2b7b28ad437
    Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24853#issuecomment-1326561497
    Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/25055#issuecomment-1313733553
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MS5N5SLYAHKENLAJWYBDKU55ICU3SVZF/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 01, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/076b807be472630692c5348c60d0c2b7b28ad437 No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/076b807be472630692c5348c60d0c2b7b28ad437 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24853#issuecomment-1326561497 No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24853#issuecomment-1326561497 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/25055#issuecomment-1313733553 No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/25055#issuecomment-1313733553 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-400
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 250 up to (including) 251 *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:252:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:252:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description systemd 250 and 251 allows local users to achieve a systemd-coredump deadlock by triggering a crash that has a long backtrace. This occurs in parse_elf_object in shared/elf-util.c. The exploitation methodology is to crash a binary calling the same function recursively, and put it in a deeply nested directory to make its backtrace large enough to cause the deadlock. This must be done 16 times when MaxConnections=16 is set for the systemd/units/systemd-coredump.socket file. NOTE: there is some debate about the security relevance of this report because there are zero subscribers by default. systemd 250 and 251 allows local users to achieve a systemd-coredump deadlock by triggering a crash that has a long backtrace. This occurs in parse_elf_object in shared/elf-util.c. The exploitation methodology is to crash a binary calling the same function recursively, and put it in a deeply nested directory to make its backtrace large enough to cause the deadlock. This must be done 16 times when MaxConnections=16 is set for the systemd/units/systemd-coredump.socket file.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 25, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description systemd 250 and 251 allows local users to achieve a systemd-coredump deadlock by triggering a crash that has a long backtrace. This occurs in parse_elf_object in shared/elf-util.c. The exploitation methodology is to crash a binary calling the same function recursively, and put it in a deeply nested directory to make its backtrace large enough to cause the deadlock. This must be done 16 times when MaxConnections=16 is set for the systemd/units/systemd-coredump.socket file. systemd 250 and 251 allows local users to achieve a systemd-coredump deadlock by triggering a crash that has a long backtrace. This occurs in parse_elf_object in shared/elf-util.c. The exploitation methodology is to crash a binary calling the same function recursively, and put it in a deeply nested directory to make its backtrace large enough to cause the deadlock. This must be done 16 times when MaxConnections=16 is set for the systemd/units/systemd-coredump.socket file. NOTE: there is some debate about the security relevance of this report because there are zero subscribers by default.
    Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/24853#issuecomment-1326561497 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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