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CVE-2018-16864

CVE-2018-16864

CVSS 7.4 HIGHEPSS 0.7%CWE-770
An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
The systemd Project · systemd

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References
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0049https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0204https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0271https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0342https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0361https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2402https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16864https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00016.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-07https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190117-0001/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3855-1/