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Package "systemd"

Name: systemd

Description:

This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • nss module providing fallback resolution for the current hostname
  • nss module to resolve names via systemd-resolved
  • simple UEFI boot manager - tools and services
  • simple UEFI boot manager - EFI binaries
Latest version: 255.4-1ubuntu8.14
Release: noble (24.04)
Level: security
Repository: universe

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Version: 255.4-1ubuntu8.14 2026-03-24 02:08:06 UTC

  systemd (255.4-1ubuntu8.14) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Local unprivileged user can trigger an assert in systemd
    - d/p/CVE-2026-29111-1.patch: path-util: add flavour of path_startswith() that leaves
      a leading slash in place
    - d/p/CVE-2026-29111-2.patch: path-util: invert PATH_STARTSWITH_ACCEPT_DOT_DOT flag
    - d/p/CVE-2026-29111-3.patch: core/cgroup: avoid one unnecessary strjoina()
    - d/p/CVE-2026-29111-4.patch: core: validate input cgroup path more prudently
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Local root execution via malicious hardware devices
    - d/p/udev-check-for-invalid-chars-in-various-fields-received-f.patch
    - d/p/udev-fix-review-mixup.patch
    - No CVE number

 -- Nick Rosbrook <email address hidden> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:48:42 -0400
Source diff to previous version

Version: 255.4-1ubuntu8.8 2025-06-09 16:07:27 UTC

  systemd (255.4-1ubuntu8.8) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: race condition in systemd-coredump
    - debian/patches/CVE_2025_4598_1.patch: coredump: get rid of
      _META_MANDATORY_MAX.
    - debian/patches/CVE_2025_4598_2.patch: coredump: use %d in kernel core
      pattern.
    - debian/patches/CVE_2025_4598_3.patch: coredump: also stop forwarding
      non-dumpable processes.
    - debian/patches/CVE_2025_4598_4.patch: coredump: get rid of a bogus
      assertion.
    - CVE-2025-4598
  * this update does not include the changes from 255.4-1ubuntu8.7 as included in noble-proposed

 -- Octavio Galland <email address hidden> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:24:15 -0300
CVE-2025-4598 A vulnerability was found in systemd-coredump. This flaw allows an attacker to force a SUID process to crash and replace it with a non-SUID binary to


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