USN-3855-1

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USN-3855-1

Summary: systemd vulnerabilities

Details: It was discovered that systemd-journald allocated variable-length buffers for certain message fields on the stack. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16864) It was discovered that systemd-journald allocated variable-length arrays of objects representing message fields on the stack. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16865) An out-of-bounds read was discovered in systemd-journald. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information and bypass ASLR protections. (CVE-2018-16866)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3855-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16864, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16865, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16866