Vigil@nce - systemd: memory leak via journald-server.c
February 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: RHEL.
Severity: 1/4.
Consequences: denial of service on server, denial of service on
service.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 30/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can create a memory leak via journald-server.c of
systemd, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/systemd-memory-leak-via-journald-server-c-28402