| Name | CVE-2019-17040 |
| Description | contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled. |
| 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 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 8.24.0-1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| 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 | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| rsyslog | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| rsyslog | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| rsyslog | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| rsyslog | source | (unstable) | 8.1910.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[buster] - rsyslog <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[stretch] - rsyslog <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - rsyslog <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/3875
pmdb2diag module not complied in Debian.
[wheezy] - rsyslog <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)