CVE-2018-16866 Information

Description

An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate with a colon ‘:’. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221 to v239 are vulnerable.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106527 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16866 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367 https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3