MGASA-2019-0110

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    MGASA-2019-0110

    Published: 14 Mar 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16881

    Summary: Updated rsyslog packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0110.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24342, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2019-02/msg00043.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsyslog

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8.16.0-1.2.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High