CVE-2021-33910: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

basic/unit-name.c in systemd prior to 246.15, 247.8, 248.5, and 249.1 has a Memory Allocation with an Excessive Size Value involving strdupa and alloca for a pathname controlled by a local attacker that results in an operating system crash...

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : systemd vulnerabilities (USN-5013-2)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5013-2 advisory. USN-5013-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in systemd. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Tenable has extracted the...