| Name | CVE-2017-12588 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| rsyslog (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 8.4.2-1+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 8.24.0-1+deb9u3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 8.1901.0-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 8.2102.0-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 8.2302.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.2410.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| rsyslog | source | (unstable) | 8.28.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/1565
The zmq3 input and output modules are not enabled and built in Debian