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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2018-16864: systemd security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2018-16864: systemd security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/11/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/15/2019
Modified
08/09/2019

Description

An allocation of memory without limits, that could result in the stack clashing with another memory region, was discovered in systemd-journald when a program with long command line arguments calls syslog. A local attacker may use this flaw to crash systemd-journald or escalate his privileges. Versions through v240 are vulnerable.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-systemd
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-systemd-libs
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-systemd-python
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-systemd-sysv

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