| Name | CVE-2019-3842 |
| Description | In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in some particular configurations, to set a XDG_SEAT environment variable which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using the "allow_active" element rather than "allow_any". |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1762-1, DSA-4428-1, ELA-115-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| systemd (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 215-17+deb8u15 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u14 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 232-25+deb9u17 | fixed | |
| buster, buster (lts) | 241-7~deb10u11 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 241-7~deb10u10 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 247.3-7+deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 247.3-7+deb11u6 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 252.31-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 257-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 257.1-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| systemd | source | wheezy | 44-11+deb7u7 | ELA-115-1 | ||
| systemd | source | jessie | 215-17+deb8u12 | DLA-1762-1 | ||
| systemd | source | stretch | 232-25+deb9u11 | DSA-4428-1 | ||
| systemd | source | (unstable) | 241-3 |
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1756
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812316
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/83d4ab55336ff8a0643c6aa627b31e351a24040a