USN-5419-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5419-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5419-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-5419-1
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Published
2022-05-12T08:43:35.835223Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:56Z
Summary
rsyslog vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Rsyslog improperly handled certain invalid input. An attacker could use this issue to cause Rsyslog to crash.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / rsyslog

Package

Name
rsyslog
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rsyslog@8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1

Affected versions

8.*

8.12.0-1ubuntu2
8.12.0-1ubuntu3
8.14.0-2ubuntu1
8.14.0-2ubuntu2
8.16.0-1ubuntu1
8.16.0-1ubuntu2
8.16.0-1ubuntu3
8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "rsyslog"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-elasticsearch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-gnutls"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-gssapi"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-mysql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-pgsql"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-relp"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-16881",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-17041",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-17042",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}