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CVE-2018-16864
high
Description
An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.
References
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00016.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16864
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2402
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0361
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0342
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0271
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0204
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0049