Description
Integer overflow in the valid_user_field function in journal/journald-native.c in systemd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large journal data field, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- CWE-190
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- SYSTEMD_PROJECT
- Published
- 10/28/2013
- Last Modified
- 4/11/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
systemd_project : systemddebian : debian_linux
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