Memory Leak Affecting systemd package, versions <232-25+deb9u8


0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
3.3 low
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Red Hat
3.3 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-SYSTEMD-305184
  • published 18 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 28 Jan 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 systemd to version 232-25+deb9u8 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.

A memory leak was discovered in the backport of fixes for CVE-2018-16864 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Function dispatch_message_real() in journald-server.c does not free the memory allocated by set_iovec_field_free() to store the _CMDLINE= entry. A local attacker may use this flaw to make systemd-journald crash. This issue only affects versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise since v219-62.2.