CVE-2018-16864

NameCVE-2018-16864
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1639-1, DSA-4367-1
Debian Bugs918841

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
systemd (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)215-17+deb8u15fixed
stretch (security)232-25+deb9u14fixed
stretch (lts), stretch232-25+deb9u16fixed
buster241-7~deb10u8fixed
buster (security)241-7~deb10u10fixed
bullseye247.3-7+deb11u4fixed
bookworm252.22-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie255.4-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
systemdsourcewheezy(not affected)
systemdsourcejessie215-17+deb8u9DLA-1639-1
systemdsourcestretch232-25+deb9u7DSA-4367-1
systemdsource(unstable)240-4918841

Notes

Introduced in: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ae018d9bc900d6355dea4af05119b49c67945184 (v203)
Exploitable since: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ac2e41f5103ce2c679089c4f8fb6be61d7caec07 (v230)
Fixed by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/084eeb865ca63887098e0945fb4e93c852b91b0f
Fixes for master: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/11374
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/09/3
https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt
[wheezy] - systemd <not-affected> (The vulnerable code was introduced later.)

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