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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting systemd package, versions <215-17+deb8u9

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-SYSTEMD-305081
  • published 11 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 11 Jan 2019
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Introduced: 11 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-16864 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-770 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 systemd to version 215-17+deb8u9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd package and not the systemd package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.

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CVSS Scores

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NVD

Recommended
7.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High