CVE-2018-16866

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-125: CWE-125
• CWE-200: CWE-200

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

References

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

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