| Name | CVE-2018-16866 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4367-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| systemd (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 215-17+deb8u15 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 232-25+deb9u14 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 232-25+deb9u17 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 241-7~deb10u11 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 241-7~deb10u10 | fixed |
| bullseye | 247.3-7+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 247.3-7+deb11u6 | fixed |
| bookworm | 252.31-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 257~rc2-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| systemd | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| systemd | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| systemd | source | stretch | 232-25+deb9u7 | | DSA-4367-1 | |
| systemd | source | (unstable) | 240-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - systemd <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Introduced in: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ec5ff4445cca6a1d786b8da36cf6fe0acc0b94c8 (v221)
Fixed by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/a6aadf4ae0bae185dc4c414d492a4a781c80ffe5 (v240) [1/2]
Fixed by: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/8595102d3ddde6d25c282f965573a6de34ab4421 (v240) [2/2]
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.)