Vigil@nce - RSYSLOG: out-of-bounds memory reading via pmdb2diag.c
December 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora, RSYSLOG.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: data reading, denial of service on service, denial
of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 01/10/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a read at an invalid address via pmdb2diag.c
of RSYSLOG, in order to trigger a denial of service, or to obtain
sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/RSYSLOG-out-of-bounds-memory-reading-via-pmdb2diag-c-30487