Debian Security Advisory
DSA-5369-1 syslog-ng -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 05 Mar 2023
- Affected Packages:
- syslog-ng
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-38725.
- More information:
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It was discovered that an integer overflow in the RFC3164 parser of syslog-ng, a system logging daemon, may result in denial of service via malformed syslog messages.
For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 3.28.1-2+deb11u1.
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