CVE-2022-3821

systemd: The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init s...

CVE-2022-3821 is fixed in 25 products on 1 platform, first by libnss-myhostname 237-3ubuntu10.57, released November 8, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0044
38th percentile

The systemd packages contain systemd, a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with the SysV and LSB init scripts. It provides aggressive parallelism capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, and keeps track of processes using Linux cgroups. In addition, it supports snapshotting and restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount points, and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic. It can also work as a drop-in replacement for sysvinit. Security Fix(es): * systemd: buffer overrun in format_timespan() function (CVE-2022-3821) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es): * ShutdownWatchdogSec value is not taken into account on reboot (BZ#2127170)

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libnss-myhostname · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 libnss-myhostname 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
libnss-myhostname · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 libnss-myhostname 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
libnss-myhostname · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 libnss-myhostname 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
libnss-mymachines · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 libnss-mymachines 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
libnss-mymachines · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 libnss-mymachines 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
libnss-mymachines · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 libnss-mymachines 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
libnss-resolve · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 libnss-resolve 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
libnss-resolve · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 libnss-resolve 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
libnss-resolve · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 libnss-resolve 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
libnss-systemd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 libnss-systemd 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
libnss-systemd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 libnss-systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
libnss-systemd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 libnss-systemd 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
libpam-systemd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 libpam-systemd 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
libpam-systemd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 libpam-systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
libpam-systemd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 libpam-systemd 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
libsystemd0 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 libsystemd0 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
libsystemd0 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 libsystemd0 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
libsystemd0 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 libsystemd0 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
libudev1 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 libudev1 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
libudev1 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 libudev1 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
libudev1 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 libudev1 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 251.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3821 Nov 8, 2022
systemd · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 251.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3821 Nov 8, 2022
systemd · Debian 14 251.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-3821 Nov 8, 2022
systemd · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 systemd 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
systemd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 systemd 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
systemd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd · rocky 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RLSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-container · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-container · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-container · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 systemd-container 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
systemd-container · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 systemd-container 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-container · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-container 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-container · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-container · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-container · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd-container · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-coredump · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 systemd-coredump 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
systemd-coredump · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 systemd-coredump 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-coredump · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-coredump 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-devel · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-devel · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-devel · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-devel · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-devel · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd-devel · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 systemd-journal-remote 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
systemd-journal-remote · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 systemd-journal-remote 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-journal-remote 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd-journal-remote · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-libs · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-libs · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-libs · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-libs · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-libs · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd-libs · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-oomd · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-oomd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-oomd 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-oomd · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-oomd · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-pam · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-pam · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-pam · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-pam · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-pam · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd-pam · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-repart · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-repart 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-resolved · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-resolved · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-resolved · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-rpm-macros · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-rpm-macros · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-rpm-macros · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
systemd-standalone-sysusers · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-standalone-sysusers 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-standalone-tmpfiles · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-standalone-tmpfiles 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-sysv · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 systemd-sysv 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
systemd-sysv · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 systemd-sysv 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-sysv · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-sysv 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-tests · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-tests · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 systemd-tests 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
systemd-tests · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 systemd-tests 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-tests · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-tests 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-tests · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-tests · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd-timesyncd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 systemd-timesyncd 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-timesyncd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 systemd-timesyncd 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023
systemd-udev · RHEL 8 0:239-68.el8_7.1 RHSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-udev · RHEL 9 0:250-12.el9_1.1 RHSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-udev · almalinux 8 239-68.el8_7.1 ALSA-2023:0100 Jan 12, 2023
systemd-udev · almalinux 9 250-12.el9_1.1 ALSA-2023:0336 Jan 23, 2023
systemd-udev · ol 8 0:239-68.0.2.el8_7.1 ELSA-2023-0100 Jan 14, 2023
systemd-udev · ol 9 0:250-12.0.2.el9_1.1 ELSA-2023-0336 Jan 26, 2023
udev · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 237-3ubuntu10.57 udev 237-3ubuntu10.57 Nov 8, 2022
udev · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 udev 245.4-4ubuntu3.20 Jan 11, 2023
udev · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 udev 249.11-0ubuntu3.7 Jan 11, 2023

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