Vulnerability Details CVE-2019-3815
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 35.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 3.3
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106632
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0201
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3815
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00013.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106632
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0201
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3815
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00013.html
Products affected by CVE-2019-3815
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0