Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Rsyslog affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042)

Security Bulletin

Summary

Rsyslog is vulnerable to heap-based buffer overflows which may affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2019-17041
DESCRIPTION: Rsyslog is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the contrib/pmaixforwardedfrom/pmaixforwardedfrom.c. By sending a specially-crafted message, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168504 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID: CVE-2019-17042
DESCRIPTION: Rsyslog is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the contrib/pmcisconames/pmcisconames.c. By sending a specially-crafted message, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/168503 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)	Version(s)
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus	10.1.0-10.1.6

Remediation/Fixes

Spectrum Protect Plus Release	First Fixing VRM Level	Platform	Link to Fix/Target Availability
10.1	10.1.6 ifix3	Linux	https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6254732

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Acknowledgement

Change History

03 August 2020: Initial Publication18 August 2020: Modified First Fixing VRM Level to be 10.1.6 ifix3 targeted for 3Q2020.31 August 2020; Added link for 10.1.6 ifix3.

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Rsyslog affect IBM Spectrum Protect Plus (CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042)