Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting systemd package, versions <204-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    5.48% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-SYSTEMD-305168
  • published 28 Oct 2013
  • disclosed 28 Oct 2013

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 systemd to version 204-5 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.

Integer overflow in the valid_user_field function in journal/journald-native.c in systemd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large journal data field, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

Recommended
7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

5.9 medium