CVE-2018-16866

Published: 11 January 2019

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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 3.3

Status

Package	Release	Status
systemd Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (237-3ubuntu10.11)
	cosmic	Released (239-7ubuntu10.6)
	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not built)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (229-4ubuntu21.15)

References

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16866
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3855-1
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Launchpad
Debian

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