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SUSE: CVE-2018-16866: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-16866: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/11/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
01/22/2019
Modified
10/22/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libsystemd0
  • suse-upgrade-libsystemd0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libsystemd0-mini
  • suse-upgrade-libudev-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libudev-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libudev-mini-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libudev-mini1
  • suse-upgrade-libudev1
  • suse-upgrade-libudev1-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-nss-myhostname
  • suse-upgrade-nss-myhostname-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-nss-mymachines
  • suse-upgrade-nss-mymachines-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-nss-systemd
  • suse-upgrade-systemd
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-bash-completion
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-container
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-coredump
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-logger
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-mini
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-mini-bash-completion
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-mini-container-mini
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-mini-coredump-mini
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-mini-devel
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-mini-sysvinit
  • suse-upgrade-systemd-sysvinit
  • suse-upgrade-udev
  • suse-upgrade-udev-mini

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