CVE-2018-16865 (GCVE-0-2018-16865)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-01-11 21:00
Modified
2025-06-09 15:51
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0342 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00016.html mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106525 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0204 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16865 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/ vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0049 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0271 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0361 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25 mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2402 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The systemd Project systemd Version: through v240
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