CVE-2018-16881

Summary

CVECVE-2018-16881
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-01-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-06 16:13:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-190

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Host 4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Manager 4.3 All All All
Application Redhat Virtualization Manager 4.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog All All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3016-1] rsyslog security update MLIST lists.debian.org
1658366 – (CVE-2018-16881) CVE-2018-16881 rsyslog: imptcp: integer overflow when Octet-Counted TCP Framing is enabled CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179302 Debian Security Update for rsyslog (DLA 3016-1)
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