CVE-2019-3815
CVE-2019-3815 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
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.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, redhat
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
3.3
LOW
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | CVSS 3.0 | LOW | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-401
References
5 on the record
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00013.html
mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106632
vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0201
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3815
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Elsewhere on this site
- the systemd projectevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-401other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.