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CVE-2018-16866

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.

Published

2019-01-11T19:29:00.233

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:53:28.947

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-125
CWE-200
Type: Secondary
CWE-125

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	systemd_project	systemd	≤ 239	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.10	Yes
Application	netapp	active_iq_performance_analytics_services	-	Yes
Application	netapp	element_software	*	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_compute_node_eus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_\(structure_a\)	7_s390x	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_update_services_for_sap_solutions	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106527 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16866 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/ Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106527 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16866 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/ Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)