Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affecting systemd package, versions <232-25+deb9u7

Overview

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

• Debian Security Advisory
• Debian Security Announcement
• Debian Security Tracker
• Gentoo Security Advisory
• MISC
• Netapp Security Advisory
• Oracle Security Advisory
• REDHAT
• RHSA Security Advisory
• RHSA Security Advisory
• RHSA Security Advisory
• RHSA Security Advisory
• RHSA Security Advisory
• RHSA Security Advisory
• RedHat Bugzilla Bug
• Security Focus
• Ubuntu CVE Tracker
• Ubuntu Security Advisory