CVE-2018-15687 vulnerability in FreeDesktop and Other Products
Published on October 26, 2018
systemd: chown_one() can dereference symlinks
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2018-15687 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
systemd:- Version unspecified, <= 239 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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