CVE-2019-3815

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3815
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-28 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:38:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-401

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift Container Platform 3.11 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1666690 – (CVE-2019-3815) CVE-2019-3815 systemd: memory leak in journald-server.c introduced by fix for CVE-2018-16864 MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1711-1] systemd security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
1666690 – (CVE-2019-3815) CVE-2019-3815 systemd: memory leak in journald-server.c introduced by fix for CVE-2018-16864 CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 352381 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for systemd: ALAS2-2021-1647
  • 377277 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for systemd (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0007)
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