Memory Leak Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Systemd
CVE-2019-3815

3.3LOW

Key Information:

Vendor

The Systemd Project

Status
Systemd
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 January 2019

What is CVE-2019-3815?

A memory leak has been identified in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux systemd component, specifically in the function dispatch_message_real() within journald-server.c. This vulnerability occurs when the memory allocated for storing the _CMDLINE= entry by set_iovec_field_free() is not freed. A local attacker can exploit this flaw, potentially leading to a crash of the systemd-journald service. This issue affects all versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux starting from v219-62.2.

Affected Version(s)

systemd v219-62.2 and newer

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg0...
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106632
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0201
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

CVSS V3.1

Score:
3.3
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

CVSS V3.0

Score:
3.3
Severity:
LOW
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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