CVE-2019-17041 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability in Rsyslog v8.1908.0, specifically within the pmaixforwardedfrom module's parser for AIX log messages. This flaw affects various distributions including Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.1908.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1908.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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