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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: Security Update RHSA-2019:2110-01 for Rsyslog

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Enhance your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 security by applying this rsyslog patch that tackles moderate severity vulnerabilities and solutions.
An update for rsyslog is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon. It supports MySQL, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine-grained control over output format.
Security Fix(es):
* rsyslog: imptcp: integer overflow when Octet-Counted TCP Framing is enabled (CVE-2018-16881)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact integer overflow rsyslog update

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16881 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.7_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: rsyslog-8.24.0-38.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: rsyslog-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-debuginfo-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-gnutls-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-gssapi-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-kafka-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-mmjsonparse-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-relp-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
noarch: rsyslog-doc-8.24.0-38.el7.noarch.rpm
x86_64: rsyslog-crypto-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-debuginfo-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-elasticsearch-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-libdbi-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-mmaudit-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-mmkubernetes-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-mmnormalize-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-mysql-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-pgsql-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-snmp-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-udpspoof-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: rsyslog-8.24.0-38.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: rsyslog-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-debuginfo-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-gnutls-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-gssapi-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm rsyslog-kafka-8.24.0-38.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:2110-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2110
Issue date: 2019-08-06

Topic

An update for rsyslog is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate impact integer overflow rsyslog update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1622767 - mmkubernetes - deletion of pod causes logs to stop flowing

1632211 - sd_journal_get_cursor() failed - when time is changed

1649250 - rsyslog-8.24.0-34.el7.x86_64 imfile broken with logrotate and tomcat rotated logs

1656860 - rsyslog imfile buffer overflow

1658366 - CVE-2018-16881 rsyslog: imptcp: integer overflow when Octet-Counted TCP Framing is enabled

1685901 - rsyslog floods log files when watching files through a symlink

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