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I note that it requires local access to the machine.
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It was discovered that systemd incorrectly handled certain D-Bus messages. A local unprivileged attacker could exploit this in order to crash the init process, resulting in a system denial-of-service (kernel panic).
Not something I find particularly alarming. If the bad guy is sitting at your computer mucking with it, you've got problems with Systems A, B, and C, not just with SystemD.
Given that the flaw requires local access to the machine, I'm willing to wait for my SystemD-using distros to issue updates.
If I had computers out in the open where third parties could access them, say in an office or a library, I might react differently, but I'm just a home user with locks on the doors.
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