CVE-2018-16866

Description

An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate with a colon ':'. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221 to v239 are vulnerable.

References

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16866

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3