USN-5404-1: Rsyslog vulnerability
5 May 2022
Rsyslog could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted request.
Releases
Packages
- rsyslog - Enhanced syslogd
Details
Pieter Agten discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5404-2: rsyslog, rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-gssapi, rsyslog-mysql, rsyslog-relp, rsyslog-gnutls, rsyslog-elasticsearch