CVE-2019-17040
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.50%
Description
contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c in Rsyslog v8.1908.0 allows out-of-bounds access because the level length is mishandled.
How to fix CVE-2019-17040
To remediate CVE-2019-17040, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/rsyslog—upgrade to 8.1908.0-r1 or later
- Debian/rsyslog—upgrade to 8.1910.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-17040 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 8.1908.0-r1
- from 0, < 8.1910.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |