Vigil@nce - systemd: out-of-bounds memory reading via Colon Log Messages
March 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Debian, openSUSE Leap, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop, SLES, Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on service, denial
of service on client.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 14/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via Colon Log
Messages of systemd, in order to trigger a denial of service, or
to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/systemd-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-Colon-Log-Messages-28257