Resource Exhaustion Affecting systemd package, versions <0:219-78.amzn2.0.14


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-SYSTEMD-1698760
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed21 Jan 2020

Introduced: 21 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 systemd to version 0:219-78.amzn2.0.14 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1647.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in button_open in login/logind-button.c in systemd before 243. When executing the udevadm trigger command, a memory leak may occur.

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