CVE-2019-20386

systemd: memory leak in button_open() in login/logind-button.c when udev events are received

Severity Score

2.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An issue was discovered in button_open in login/logind-button.c in systemd before 243. When executing the udevadm trigger command, a memory leak may occur.

Se detectó un problema en la función button_open en el archivo login/logind-button.c en systemd versiones anteriores a 243. Cuando se ejecuta el comando de activación udevadm, puede presentarse una pérdida de memoria.

A memory leak was discovered in the systemd-login when a power-switch event is received. A physical attacker may trigger one of these events and leak bytes due to a missing free.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-01-21 CVE Reserved
2020-01-21 CVE Published
2023-11-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200210-0002	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/b2774a3ae692113e1f47a336a6c09bac9cfb49ad	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00014.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HZPCOMW5X6IZZXASCDD2CNW2DLF3YADC	2023-11-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4269-1	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20386	2021-03-22
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793979	2021-03-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Systemd Project Search vendor "Systemd Project"		Systemd Search vendor "Systemd Project" for product "Systemd"				< 243 Search vendor "Systemd Project" for product "Systemd" and version " < 243"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				18.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "18.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				19.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "19.10"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				30 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "30"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Active Iq Unified Manager Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Active Iq Unified Manager"				-		vmware_vsphere		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Cloud Backup Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Cloud Backup"				-		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage"				-		-		Affected