CVE-2018-16866

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    CVE-2018-16866

    Published: 11 Jan 2019Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An out of bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald in the way it parses log messages that terminate with a colon ':'. A local attacker can use this flaw to disclose process memory data. Versions from v221 to v239 are vulnerable.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152841/System-Down-A-systemd-journald-Exploit.html, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/May/21, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/05/10/4, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106527, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2091, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3222, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0593, https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/May/25, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4367, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16866, https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- ff99498535bbc97601d89925fd81cd3ac9120994
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v239

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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