CVE-2013-4391

critical

Description

Integer overflow in the valid_user_field function in journal/journald-native.c in systemd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large journal data field, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9

http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-28

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical