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CVE-2018-16888
medium
Description
It was discovered systemd does not correctly check the content of PIDFile files before using it to kill processes. When a service is run from an unprivileged user (e.g. User field set in the service file), a local attacker who is able to write to the PIDFile of the mentioned service may use this flaw to trick systemd into killing other services and/or privileged processes. Versions before v237 are vulnerable.
References
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190307-0007/