Resource Exhaustion Affecting systemd package, versions <0:239-40.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SYSTEMD-3856132
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Jan 2020

Introduced: 22 Jan 2020

CVE-2019-20386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 systemd to version 0:239-40.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4553.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in button_open in login/logind-button.c in systemd before 243. When executing the udevadm trigger command, a memory leak may occur.

CVSS Scores

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