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Red Hat: CVE-2022-3821: systemd: buffer overrun in format_timespan() function (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Nov 8, 2022
Added
Jan 13, 2023
Modified
Nov 14, 2025

Description

An off-by-one Error issue was discovered in Systemd in format_timespan() function of time-util.c. An attacker could supply specific values for time and accuracy that leads to buffer overrun in format_timespan(), leading to a Denial of Service.

Solutions

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