UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-38725
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725
Upstream
Published
2023-01-23T16:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:53:49Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An integer overflow in the RFC3164 parser in One Identity syslog-ng 3.0 through 3.37 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service via crafted syslog input that is mishandled by the tcp or network function. syslog-ng Premium Edition 7.0.30 and syslog-ng Store Box 6.10.0 are also affected.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@3.5.3-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.9-1ubuntu1
3.5.1-1
3.5.2-1
3.5.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-json"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-mongodb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-redis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-smtp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.3-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stomp"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@3.5.6-2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.5.6-2build1
3.5.6-2.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-json"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-mongodb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-redis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-smtp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.6-2.1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stomp"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@3.13.2-3?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.11.1-1ubuntu1
3.11.1-2ubuntu1
3.13.2-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-getent"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-graphite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-journal"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-json"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-map-value-pairs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-mongodb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-python"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-redis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-riemann"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-smtp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-snmptrapd-parser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stardate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stomp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-tag-parser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.13.2-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@3.25.1-3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.19.1-6build1
3.19.1-6build2
3.25.1-1
3.25.1-1ubuntu1
3.25.1-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-getent"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-graphite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-map-value-pairs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-mongodb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-pacctformat"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-python"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-redis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-riemann"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-smtp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-snmptrapd-parser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stardate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stomp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-tag-parser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.25.1-3",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@3.35.1-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.28.1-2build3
3.28.1-4
3.35.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-getent"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-graphite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-http"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-map-value-pairs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-mongodb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-python"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-rdkafka"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-redis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-riemann"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-slog"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-smtp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-snmp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stardate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stomp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.35.1-1",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@4.3.1-2build5?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.38.1-5

4.*

4.3.1-2
4.3.1-2build1
4.3.1-2build4
4.3.1-2build5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-graphite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-http"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-mongodb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-python"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-rdkafka"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-redis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-riemann"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-slog"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-smtp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-snmp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stardate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stomp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-2build5",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-scl"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@4.8.1-4?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.0-1
4.4.0-3
4.8.1-1
4.8.1-2
4.8.1-2build1
4.8.1-3
4.8.1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-graphite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-http"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-mongodb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-python"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-rdkafka"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-redis"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-riemann"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-slog"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-snmp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-sql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stardate"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-stomp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-xml-parser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-4",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-scl"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10

syslog-ng

Package

Name
syslog-ng
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/syslog-ng@4.8.1-6?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.8.1-4
4.8.1-5
4.8.1-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-core"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-add-contextual-data"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-amqp"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-examples"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-extra"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-geoip2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.8.1-6",
            "binary_name": "syslog-ng-mod-graphite"
        },
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