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.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3016-1 rsyslog security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8671 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5419-1 Rsyslog vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:54.189Z

Reserved: 2018-09-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16881

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-25T18:29:00.257

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:31.293

Link: CVE-2018-16881

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-04-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16881 - Bugzilla

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