Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2013
CVE-2013-4391
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…
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CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
SY
Systemd · Systemd Project
before 190 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4391
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4391
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357
Exploit
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=505b6a61c22d5565e9308045c7b9bf79f7d0517e
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859051
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34
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