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Unscored USN-3612-1 1 CVE

librelp vulnerability

Published Mar 28, 2018 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Bas van Schaik and Kevin Backhouse discovered that librelp incorrectly
handled checking certain x509 certificates. A remote attacker able to
connect to rsyslog could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS librelp 1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2018-1000140 Public exploit

    rsyslog librelp version 1.2.14 and earlier contains a Buffer Overflow vulnerability in the checking of x509 certificate…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000140