#VU16940 Memory corruption in systemd-journald - CVE-2018-16864
Published: January 11, 2019 / Updated: January 31, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16940
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
systemd-journald
systemd-journald
Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org
Freedesktop.org
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.
Remediation
Patches have been sent to linux-distros@openwall.