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CVE-2019-3815

Published: Jan 28, 2019

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

3.3

LOW

Description

A memory leak was discovered in the backport of fixes for CVE-2018-16864 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Function dispatch_message_real() in journald-server.c does not free the memory allocated by set_iovec_field_free() to store the `_CMDLINE=` entry. A local attacker may use this flaw to make systemd-journald crash. This issue only affects versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise since v219-62.2.

Vendor	Product	Versions
The systemd Project	systemd	affected `v219-62.2 and newer`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

References

[debian-lts-announce] 20190313 [SECURITY] [DLA 1711-1] systemd security update

mailing-list

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vendor-advisory

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vendor-advisory

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3815

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