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CVE-2019-17040

Published: Sep 30, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 18.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled.

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-125

Affected Products

n/an/a
rsyslogrsyslog
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
rsyslogoss-projectEnterprise Softwareaka librelp, rsyslogd

Exploitability

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References

https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/3875
github.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6SUQE25RD37CD24BHKUWMG27U5RQ2FU/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 30, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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