Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-3815
CVE-2019-3815
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: >=v219-62.2
- The systemd Project/systemdv5Range: v219-62.2 and newer
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References
5- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106632nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327nvdVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0201nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00013.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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