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Mageia: 2019-0110 Critical: Rsyslog Denial Of Service Issue

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 (CVE-2018-16881). References: . MGASA-2019-0110 - Updated rsyslog packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 14 Mar 2019 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0110.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 6 CVE: CVE-2018-16881 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 (CVE-2018-16881). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24342 - - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16881 SRPMS: - 6/core/rsyslog-8.16.0-1.2.mga6 . Mageia 2020-0155 patches rsyslog to address an exploit risk in imudp component. Ensure your systems are safe!. Mageia Rsyslog Update, Denial Of Service Vulnerability, Rsyslog Security Patch. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 14, 2019 •Critical Mageia