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CVE-2018-16866 - log back

CVE-2018-16866 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ Medium
Remote	+ Local
Type	+ Information disclosure
Description	+ An out-of-bounds read has been found in the journald component of systemd >= v221 and < v240, in the syslog_parse_identifier() function in journald-syslog.c. A crafted syslog message whose last character is ':' can trigger this vulnerability to leak information about the content of the memory.
References	+ https://www.qualys.com/2019/01/09/system-down/system-down.txt + https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/09/3 + https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/a6aadf4ae0bae185dc4c414d492a4a781c80ffe5 + https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/8595102d3ddde6d25c282f965573a6de34ab4421
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