CVE-2019-17042

An issue was discovered in Rsyslog v8.1908.0. contrib/pmcisconames/pmcisconames.c has a heap overflow in the parser for Cisco log messages. The parser tries to locate a log message delimiter (in this case, a space or a colon), but fails to account for strings that do not satisfy this constraint. If the string does not match, then the variable lenMsg will reach the value zero and will skip the sanity check that detects invalid log messages. The message will then be considered valid, and the parser will eat up the nonexistent colon delimiter. In doing so, it will decrement lenMsg, a signed integer, whose value was zero and now becomes minus one. The following step in the parser is to shift left the contents of the message. To do this, it will call memmove with the right pointers to the target and destination strings, but the lenMsg will now be interpreted as a huge value, causing a heap overflow.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1908.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Dec 2021, 18:12

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPNCHI7X2IEXRH6RYD6IDPR4PLB5RPC7/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KPNCHI7X2IEXRH6RYD6IDPR4PLB5RPC7/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00030.html - (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00030.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00031.html - (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00031.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00032.html - (SUSE) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00032.html - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6SUQE25RD37CD24BHKUWMG27U5RQ2FU/ - (FEDORA) https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W6SUQE25RD37CD24BHKUWMG27U5RQ2FU/ - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog - Release Notes (CONFIRM) https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog - Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-787

01 Dec 2021, 02:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-120 CWE-787
CWE-20
References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00030.html -

Information

Published : 2019-10-07 16:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:39


NVD link : CVE-2019-17042

Mitre link : CVE-2019-17042

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-17042


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Products Affected

fedoraproject

  • fedora

rsyslog

  • rsyslog

debian

  • debian_linux

opensuse

  • leap
CWE
CWE-20

Improper Input Validation