CVE-2017-12588

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12588
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-06 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-14 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe zmq3 input and output modules in rsyslog before 8.28.0 interpreted description fields as format strings, possibly allowing a format string attack with unspecified impact.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix format security issue in zmq3 modules by Whissi · Pull Request #1565 · rsyslog/rsyslog · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
rsyslog/ChangeLog at master · rsyslog/rsyslog · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Merge pull request #1565 from Whissi/fix-format-security-issue-in-zmq… · rsyslog/rsyslog@062d0c6 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
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