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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:49:39 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>, daniel@...nf.net, 
	lennart@...ttering.net
Subject: Re: systemd fails to parse user that should run service

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 3:08 AM, Daniel SkowroĊ„ski <daniel@...nf.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just wanted to bring attention to issue with systemd not doing what is
> expected when parsing User that should run service.
> When it fails to parse string starting with digit it fails back to root
> causing obvious threat to security.
>
> See discussion with developer on github: https://github.com/systemd/
> systemd/issues/6237
>
> Best,
> -Daniel Skowronski
>

I've assigned CVE-2017-1000082 for this issue. Lennart is CC'ed.


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Kurt Seifried -- Red Hat -- Product Security -- Cloud
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Red Hat Product Security contact: secalert@...hat.com

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