CVE-2018-16864

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

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106523

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3