CVE-2018-16881
Published: 25 January 2019
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.
Priority
Low
CVSS 3 base score: 7.5
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
rsyslog Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Not vulnerable
(8.32.0-1ubuntu4)
|
| cosmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| disco |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| eoan |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| focal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| precise |
Ignored
(end of ESM support, was needs-triage)
|
|
| trusty |
Needs triage
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(8.27.0-2)
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1)
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | requires imptcp module to be loaded, which is not enabled in the default configuration |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16881
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16881
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/6c52f29d593a27f934a1871d40eed84ebde3f3a6 (introduced in)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5419-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian