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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 4.3 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2019-01-11
- Last modified
- 2025-06-09
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125, CWE-200
Affected products
- Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Active Iq Performance Analytics Services (Netapp)
- Element Software (Netapp)
- Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Compute Node Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems (structure A) (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Aus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server For Power Little Endian Update Services For Sap Solutions (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Tus (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server Update Services For Sap Solutions (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
- Systemd (Systemd Project)
- Systemd (The Systemd Project)
References
- 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
