Memory corruption in systemd-journald - CVE-2018-16864
Published: January 11, 2019 / Updated: January 31, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16940
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16864
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
systemd-journald
systemd-journald
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and gain elevated privileges to conduct further attacks.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A local attacker can run a specially crafted application, trigger memory corruption and gain elevated privileges to conduct further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16864
Patches have been sent to linux-distros@openwall.