CVE-2019-3815

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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.

3.3 /10

CVSS v3 : LOW

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

2.1 /10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106632 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0201 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3815 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Feb 2023, 23:38

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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. 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.
References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3815', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3815', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666690', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666690', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}

02 Feb 2023, 21:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3815 -
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1666690 -
Summary 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. 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.
Information

Published : 2019-01-28 15:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2019-3815

Mitre link : CVE-2019-3815

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-3815

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_workstation
  • enterprise_linux_server_aus
  • enterprise_linux_server_eus
  • openshift_container_platform

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime