USN-5404-2: Rsyslog vulnerability

24 May 2022

Rsyslog could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted request.

Reduce your security exposure

Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

Learn more about Ubuntu Pro

Releases

Packages

Details

USN-5404-1 addressed a vulnerability in Rsyslog. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Pieter Agten discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash.

Reduce your security exposure

Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

Learn more about Ubuntu Pro

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-5404-1: rsyslog-openssl, rsyslog-hiredis, rsyslog-kafka, rsyslog, rsyslog-gnutls, rsyslog-relp, rsyslog-pgsql, rsyslog-mysql, rsyslog-snmp, rsyslog-czmq, rsyslog-gssapi, rsyslog-elasticsearch, rsyslog-mongodb, rsyslog-kubernetes