Off-by-one Error Affecting systemd-sysvinit package, versions <246.16-150300.7.54.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-SYSTEMDSYSVINIT-3125051
  • published18 Nov 2022
  • disclosed17 Nov 2022

Introduced: 17 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-3821  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 systemd-sysvinit to version 246.16-150300.7.54.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-sysvinit package and not the systemd-sysvinit package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

An off-by-one Error issue was discovered in Systemd in format_timespan() function of time-util.c. An attacker could supply specific values for time and accuracy that leads to buffer overrun in format_timespan(), leading to a Denial of Service.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1