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CVE-2018-16881

Published: Jan 25, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-190
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.2%
Top 19.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A denial of service vulnerability was found in rsyslog in the imptcp module. An attacker could send a specially crafted message to the imptcp socket, which would cause rsyslog to crash. Versions before 8.27.0 are vulnerable.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

CWE-190

Affected Products

Astra Linux Special EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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
ОС ОН «Стрелец»АО «Концерн ВНИИНС»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
gnu general public licenseoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka gnu gpl, gpl
ао «концерн вниинс»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka ao konsern vniins
and 13 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16881
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/0381a0de64a5a048c3d48b79055bd9848d0c7fc2
github.com
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16881
security-tracker.debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Jan 25, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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