Upstream information
Description
A memory leak was discovered in the backport of fixes for CVE-2018-16864 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Function dispatch_message_real() in journald-server.c does not free the memory allocated by set_iovec_field_free() to store the `_CMDLINE=` entry. A local attacker may use this flaw to make systemd-journald crash. This issue only affects versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise since v219-62.2.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having low severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 2.1 |
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
| National Vulnerability Database | SUSE | |
|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Access Vector | Local | Local |
| Access Complexity | Low | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact | None | None |
| Integrity Impact | None | None |
| Availability Impact | Low | Low |
| CVSSv3 Version | 3 | 3 |
Status of this issue by product and package
Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.
| Product(s) | Source package | State |
|---|---|---|
| CaaS Platform 2.0 | systemd | Not affected |
| CaaS Platform 3.0 | systemd | Not affected |
| OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7.0 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 GA | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP3 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 12 SP4 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GA LTSS | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 LTSS | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 LTSS | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 GA | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | systemd | Not affected |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | systemd | Not affected |
