Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2018-16881CVE-2018-16881
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.028 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.5%
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. Versions before 8.27.0 are
vulnerable.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| sbeattie | requires imptcp module to be loaded, which is not enabled in the default configuration |
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16881
github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/6c52f29d593a27f934a1871d40eed84ebde3f3a6 (introduced in)
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-16881
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16881
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16881
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5419-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16881
Related
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.028 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.5%