USN-3612-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3612-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3612-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3612-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2018-03-28T17:58:28.345423Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:31:49.638382Z
Summary
librelp vulnerability
Details

Bas van Schaik and Kevin Backhouse discovered that librelp incorrectly handled checking certain x509 certificates. A remote attacker able to connect to rsyslog could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / librelp

Package

Name
librelp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/librelp@1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.4-1
1.2.0-1
1.2.0-1ubuntu1
1.2.2-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "librelp-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librelp0",
            "binary_version": "1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librelp0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}