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Ubuntu: USN-4828-1 (CVE-2018-1000140): librelp vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4828-1 (CVE-2018-1000140): librelp vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2018
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-librelp0

References

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