Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting systemd package, versions <232-25+deb9u7
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- published 11 Jan 2019
- disclosed 11 Jan 2019
Introduced: 11 Jan 2019
CVE-2018-16864 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
systemd
to version 232-25+deb9u7 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd
package and not the systemd
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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
- ADVISORY
- Debian Security Advisory
- Debian Security Announcement
- Gentoo Security Advisory
- MISC
- Netapp Security Advisory
- Oracle Security Advisory
- REDHAT
- RedHat Bugzilla Bug
- RHSA Security Advisory
- RHSA Security Advisory
- RHSA Security Advisory
- RHSA Security Advisory
- RHSA Security Advisory
- RHSA Security Advisory
- Security Focus
- Ubuntu CVE Tracker
- Ubuntu Security Advisory
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com