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CVE-2017-12588

The zmq3 input and output modules in rsyslog before 8.28.0 interpreted description fields as format strings, possibly allowing a format string attack with unspecified impact.

Published

2017-08-06T14:29:00.227

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-134

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	rsyslog	rsyslog	≤ 8.27.0	Yes

References

https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/master/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/1565 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/master/ChangeLog Release Notes, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/1565 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241227-0009/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)