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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2835-1 rsyslog -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

30 Nov 2021

Affected Packages:

rsyslog

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 942065, Bug 942067.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042.

More information:

Two heap overflows were fixed in the rsyslog logging daemon.

• CVE-2019-17041

  Heap overflow in the AIX message parser.

• CVE-2019-17042

  Heap overflow in the Cisco log message parser.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 8.24.0-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rsyslog packages.

For the detailed security status of rsyslog please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/rsyslog

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS