Gentoo update for syslog-ng



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-38725
CWE-ID CWE-190
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Gentoo Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

app-admin/syslog-ng
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU72142

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-38725

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the RFC3164 parser. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the service, trigger an integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
app-admin/syslog-ng to version: 3.38.1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

app-admin/syslog-ng: before 3.38.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-09


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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