A memory leak was discovered in the backport of fixes for CVE-2018-16864 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Function dispatch_message_real() in journald-server.c does not free the memory allocated by set_iovec_field_free() to store the `_CMDLINE=` entry. A local attacker may use this flaw to make systemd-journald crash. This issue only affects versions shipped with Red Hat Enterprise since v219-62.2.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade systemdUpgrade libgudev1-develUpgrade libgudev1Upgrade systemd-sysvUpgrade systemd-libsUpgrade systemd-pythonUpgrade systemd-develUpgrade systemd-debuginfoUpgrade systemd-networkdUpgrade systemd-resolvedUpgrade systemd-journal-gateway | Jun 24, 2021 | Jan 28, 2019 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade systemd-debuginfoUpgrade systemd-develUpgrade systemd-resolvedUpgrade systemd-libsUpgrade libgudev1Upgrade systemd-sysvUpgrade systemd-networkdUpgrade systemd-journal-gatewayUpgrade systemdUpgrade systemd-pythonUpgrade libgudev1-devel | Feb 5, 2019 | Jan 28, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade systemd | Feb 14, 2019 | Feb 14, 2019 |
| F5 Big Ip | — | Update F5 BIG-IP to the latest version | Jun 17, 2026 | Mar 23, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade systemd-develUpgrade systemd-libsUpgrade libgudev1Upgrade systemd-sysvUpgrade systemdUpgrade libgudev1-develUpgrade systemd-python | Apr 2, 2019 | Jan 28, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade libgudev1Upgrade systemdUpgrade systemd-sysvUpgrade systemd-develUpgrade libgudev1-develUpgrade systemd-pythonUpgrade systemd-libs | May 7, 2019 | Jan 28, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade systemd-develUpgrade systemd-sysvUpgrade systemd-libsUpgrade systemd-pythonUpgrade systemd | Mar 11, 2019 | Jan 28, 2019 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade libgudev1Upgrade systemd-pythonUpgrade systemdUpgrade systemd-libsUpgrade systemd-sysvUpgrade libgudev1-develUpgrade systemd-resolvedUpgrade systemd-journal-gatewayUpgrade systemd-develUpgrade systemd-networkd | Jul 21, 2020 | Jan 14, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade systemd-develUpgrade systemd-libsUpgrade systemdUpgrade libgudev1-develUpgrade systemd-sysvUpgrade systemd-pythonUpgrade libgudev1Upgrade systemd-networkdUpgrade systemd-debuginfoUpgrade systemd-resolvedUpgrade systemd-journal-gateway | Jan 30, 2019 | Jan 28, 2019 |
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