Critical severity · published Sep 30, 2019
CVE-2019-17040
contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled
9.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RS
Rsyslog · Rsyslog
8.1908.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17040
github.com
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog
Patch
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/3875
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPNCHI7X2IEXRH6RYD6IDPR4PLB5RPC7/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6SUQE25RD37CD24BHKUWMG27U5RQ2FU/
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