Improper Input Validation Affecting systemd-container package, versions <0:239-13.el8_0.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SYSTEMDCONTAINER-3406260
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Feb 2019

Introduced: 18 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-6454  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 systemd-container to version 0:239-13.el8_0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0990.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in sd-bus in systemd 239. bus_process_object() in libsystemd/sd-bus/bus-objects.c allocates a variable-length stack buffer for temporarily storing the object path of incoming D-Bus messages. An unprivileged local user can exploit this by sending a specially crafted message to PID1, causing the stack pointer to jump over the stack guard pages into an unmapped memory region and trigger a denial of service (systemd PID1 crash and kernel panic).

CVSS Scores

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