Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2018-16866

Disclosure Date: January 11, 2019
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
3.3 Low
Impact Score:
1.4
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Vendors

  • canonical,
  • debian,
  • netapp,
  • redhat,
  • systemd project

Products

  • active iq performance analytics services -,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • element software,
  • enterprise linux 7.6,
  • enterprise linux compute node eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux desktop 7.0,
  • enterprise linux for ibm z systems (structure a) 7 s390x,
  • enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux for power big endian 7.0,
  • enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux for power little endian 7.0,
  • enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux for scientific computing 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server 7.0,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server aus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server tus 7.6,
  • enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions 7.4,
  • enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions 7.6,
  • enterprise linux workstation 7.0,
  • systemd,
  • ubuntu linux 16.04,
  • ubuntu linux 18.04,
  • ubuntu linux 18.10

Additional Info

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