CVE-2018-16881

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was found in rsyslog in the imptcp module. An attacker could send a specially crafted message to the imptcp socket, which would cause rsyslog to crash. Versions before 8.27.0 are vulnerable.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-16881
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-01-25T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-06T16:13:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-190 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/190.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 8.27.0
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_manager:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2501 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2110 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2437 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2439 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16881 Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00028.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16881
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16881
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:31:17 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 16:55:28 2019-01-25T18:29Z 2019-01-25T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 16:55:28 2022-10-06T16:13:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 16:55:28 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2022-12-03 16:55:32 References updated