Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting systemd-devel package, versions <0:219-62.el7_6.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.96% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SYSTEMDDEVEL-4869239
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Jan 2019

Introduced: 9 Jan 2019

CVE-2018-16865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 systemd-devel to version 0:219-62.el7_6.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0049.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-devel package and not the systemd-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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 many entries are sent to the journal socket. A local attacker, or a remote one if systemd-journal-remote is used, may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or execute code with journald privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.

CVSS Base Scores

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