USN-3612-1

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    USN-3612-1

    Published: 28 Mar 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: librelp vulnerability

    Details: Bas van Schaik and Kevin Backhouse discovered that librelp incorrectly handled checking certain x509 certificates. A remote attacker able to connect to rsyslog could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3612-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000140

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: librelp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1.1.4-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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