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CVE-2018-16865

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Date: January 11, 2019

An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when many entries are sent to the journal socket. A local attacker, or a remote one if systemd-journal-remote is used, may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or execute code with journald privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (26)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0342

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0361

Url: https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0049

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2402

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16865

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00016.html

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367

Url: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16865

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16865

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16865

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0271

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-16865

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106525

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0204

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-16865

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2018-16865

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Date: January 11, 2019

Language: C

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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