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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting librelp package, versions <1.2.15-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
22.09% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-LIBRELP-382869
  • published23 Mar 2018
  • disclosed23 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 23 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1000140  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable librelp to version 1.2.15-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream librelp package and not the librelp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

rsyslog librelp version 1.2.14 and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the checking of x509 certificates from a peer that can result in Remote code execution. This attack appear to be exploitable a remote attacker that can connect to rsyslog and trigger a stack buffer overflow by sending a specially crafted x509 certificate.

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