Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder package, versions <0:4.3.5-2.el7ev


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.24% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-REDHATVIRTUALIZATIONHOSTIMAGEUPDATEPLACEHOLDER-4456814
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 Apr 2017

Introduced: 19 Apr 2017

CVE-2018-16881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder to version 0:4.3.5-2.el7ev or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2437.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder package and not the redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1