An off-by-one Error issue was discovered in Systemd in format_timespan() function of time-util.c. An attacker could supply specific values for time and accuracy that leads to buffer overrun in format_timespan(), leading to a Denial of Service.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9102c625a673a3246d7e73d8737f3494446bad4e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/23933 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9102c625a673a3246d7e73d8737f3494446bad4e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/23933 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · systemd_project, redhat, fedoraprojectNVD modified 2026-10-14 14:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 15
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139327 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9102c625a673a3246d7e73d8737f3494446bad4e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/23928 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/23933 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVBQC2VLSDVQAPJTEMTREXDL4HYLXG2P/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-15
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2139327 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/9102c625a673a3246d7e73d8737f3494446bad4e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/23928 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/23933 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00036.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RVBQC2VLSDVQAPJTEMTREXDL4HYLXG2P/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-15
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html