CVE-2017-12588

Publication date 6 August 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The zmq3 input and output modules in rsyslog before 8.28.0 interpreted description fields as format strings, possibly allowing a format string attack with unspecified impact.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
rsyslog	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

zmq3 modules aren't built in Debian/Ubuntu

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
rsyslog	Upstream: 062d0c6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H