#VU16941 Memory corruption in systemd-journald - CVE-2018-16865

Vulnerability identifier: #VU16941

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-2018-16865

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
systemd-journald

Software vendor:
Freedesktop.org

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.

Patches have been sent to linux-distros@openwall.

• https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt