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CVE-2017-12588

Published: Aug 6, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-134
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
2.8%
Top 15.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The zmq3 input and output modules in rsyslog before 8.28.0 interpreted description fields as format strings, possibly allowing a format string attack with unspecified impact.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-134

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
RsyslogGNU General Public LicenseOSS Libraries
n/an/a
rsyslogrsyslog
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
gnu general public licenseoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka gnu gpl, gpl
rsyslogoss-projectEnterprise Softwareaka librelp, rsyslogd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/master/ChangeLog
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/1565
github.com
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Timeline

Published
Aug 6, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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