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CVE-2018-16866

Publication date 11 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3 · Low

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
systemd 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 239-7ubuntu10.6
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 237-3ubuntu10.11
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 229-4ubuntu21.15
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3855-1
    • systemd vulnerabilities
    • 11 January 2019

Other references