vulnerability
Arch Linux: Information disclosure (CVE-2018-16866)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 11, 2019 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 11, 2019
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
An out-of-bounds read has been found in the journald component of systemd >= v221 and < v240, in the syslog_parse_identifier() function in journald-syslog.c. A crafted syslog message whose last character is ':' can trigger this vulnerability to leak information about the content of the memory.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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