Out-of-bounds Read Affecting rhvm-appliance package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHVMAPPLIANCE-4478183
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Jan 2019

Introduced: 9 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-16866  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 rhvm-appliance.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rhvm-appliance package and not the rhvm-appliance package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate with a colon ':'. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221 to v239 are vulnerable.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1