RHSA-2022:4800: Important: rsyslog security update

Published May 30, 2022
·
Updated

The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon. It supports MySQL, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine-grained control over output format.Security Fix(es): rsyslog: Heap-based overflow in TCP syslog server (CVE-2022-24903) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected Software

125 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/rsyslog<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-crypto<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-crypto-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-debugsource<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-doc<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-kafka<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-kafka-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mysql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mysql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-relp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-relp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-snmp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-snmp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-crypto<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-crypto-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-debugsource<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-kafka<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-kafka-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mysql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mysql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-relp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-relp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-snmp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-snmp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-crypto<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-crypto-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-debugsource<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-kafka<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-kafka-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mysql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-mysql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-relp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-relp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-snmp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog-snmp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1
redhat/rsyslog<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-crypto<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-crypto-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-debugsource<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-elasticsearch-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-gnutls-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-gssapi-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-kafka<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-kafka-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmaudit-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmjsonparse-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmkubernetes-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmnormalize-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mysql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-mysql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-pgsql-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-relp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-relp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-snmp<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
redhat/rsyslog-snmp-debuginfo<8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa
8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.aa

Remediation

Event History

May 30, 2022
Advisory Published
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of RHSA-2022:4800?

The severity of RHSA-2022:4800 is classified as important due to its potential impact.

2

How do I fix RHSA-2022:4800?

To fix RHSA-2022:4800, update the rsyslog packages to version 8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1 or later.

3

Which systems are affected by RHSA-2022:4800?

RHS-2022:4800 affects systems running the rsyslog package version up to 8.1911.0-3.el8_2.1.

4

What type of vulnerability is described in RHSA-2022:4800?

RHSA-2022:4800 details a heap-based overflow vulnerability in the rsyslog TCP syslog handling.

5

Is there a workaround for RHSA-2022:4800 before applying a fix?

There are no specific workarounds provided for RHSA-2022:4800, so it is recommended to apply the update as soon as possible.

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