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CVE-2013-4391

Integer overflow in the valid_user_field function in journal/journald-native.c in systemd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large journal data field, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Published

2013-10-28T22:55:03.740

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-190

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	systemd_project	systemd	< 190	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517e Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517e Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)