Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting systemd-coredump package, versions <234-24.20.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.02% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-SYSTEMDCOREDUMP-2757703
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed21 Jan 2019

Introduced: 21 Jan 2019

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 systemd-coredump to version 234-24.20.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-coredump package and not the systemd-coredump package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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

version 3.1