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CVE-2019-6454 - log back

CVE-2019-6454 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ High
Remote	+ Local
Type	+ Denial of service
Description	+ It was found that bus_process_object() in bus-objects.c allocates a buffer on the stack large enough to temporarily store the object path specified in the incoming message. A malicious unprivileged local user to send a message which results in the stack pointer moving outside of the bounds of the currently mapped stack region, jumping over the stack guard pages. A specifically crafted DBUS message could crash PID 1 and result in a subsequent kernel panic.
References	+ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1667032 + https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/02/18/3 + https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/612b74d32f970c43c14ad087ad086424792981b1 + https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/61397a60d98e368a5720b37e83f3169e3eb511c4 + https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/f519a19bcd5afe674a9b8fc462cd77d8bad403c1
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