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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3348-1 syslog-ng -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

01 Mar 2023

Affected Packages:

syslog-ng

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-38725.

More information:

It was discovered that syslog-ng, a system logging daemon, had integer overflow and buffer out-of-bounds issues, which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denial of Service via crafted syslog input.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 3.19.1-5+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your syslog-ng packages.

For the detailed security status of syslog-ng please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/syslog-ng

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