Memory Leak Affecting systemd package, versions <215-17+deb8u11
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-SYSTEMD-340399
- published 18 Jan 2019
- disclosed 28 Jan 2019
Introduced: 18 Jan 2019
CVE-2019-3815 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 systemd to version 215-17+deb8u11 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.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-3815
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00013.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3815
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0201
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106632
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3815
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666690