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High ALSA-2022:4799 1 CVE

Important: rsyslog security update

Published May 30, 2022 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

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.

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-crypto 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-doc 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-elasticsearch 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-gnutls 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-gssapi 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-kafka 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-mmaudit 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-mmfields 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-mmjsonparse 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-mmkubernetes 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-mmnormalize 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-mysql 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-omamqp1 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-openssl 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-pgsql 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-relp 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-snmp 8.2102.0-7.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 rsyslog-udpspoof 8.2102.0-7.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.1
    CVE-2022-24903 Public exploit

    Buffer overflow in TCP syslog server (receiver) components in rsyslog

    Rsyslog is a rocket-fast system for log processing. Modules for TCP syslog reception have a potential heap buffer overflow when octet-counted framing is used. This can result in a segfault or some other malfunction. As of our understanding, this vulnerability…

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2022-24903