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CVE-2020-13776 Details

Description

systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.7 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15985 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYGLFEKG45EYBJ7TPQMLWROWPTZBEU63/ CVE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200611-0003/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/15985 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IYGLFEKG45EYBJ7TPQMLWROWPTZBEU63/ [email protected]

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management[email protected]
CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementCISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
systemd project systemd
<= 245

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
netapp active iq unified manager
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
netapp solidfire & hci management node
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire_&_hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
32

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-13776
NVD Published Date:
Jun 3, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-13776 Details - Not Deferred