USN-3612-1: librelp vulnerability
librelp vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
librelp could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially
crafted network traffic.
Software Description
- librelp – Reliable Event Logging Protocol (RELP) library
Details
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- librelp0 – 1.2.2-2ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart rsyslog to make all the
necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3612-1: librelp vulnerability
