Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-2392-1

USN-2392-1: systemd-shim vulnerability

Publication date

30 October 2014

Overview

A denial of service issue was fixed in systemd-shim.

Releases

14.10

Packages

systemd-shim - shim for systemd

Details

It was discovered that systemd-shim incorrectly shipped with a debugging
clause enabled. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
14.10 utopic	systemd-shim – 8-1ubuntu0.1

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References

CVE-2014-8399

CVE-2014-8399