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CVE-2018-16865 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/07/20/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106525 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0049 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0204 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0271 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0342 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0361 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2402 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16865 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00016.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-16865
NVD Published Date:
01/11/2019
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.