Severity

low

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

• Canonical Ubuntu 16.04

Description

It was discovered that Rsyslog improperly handled certain invalid input. An attacker could use this issue to cause Rsyslog to crash. Update Instructions: Run `sudo ua fix USN-5419-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: rsyslog-pgsql - 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 rsyslog-gssapi - 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 rsyslog-mysql - 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 rsyslog-relp - 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 rsyslog - 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 rsyslog-elasticsearch - 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 rsyslog-gnutls - 8.16.0-1ubuntu3.1+esm1 Available with UA Infra or UA Desktop: https://ubuntu.com/advantage

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2018-16881, CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is low unless otherwise noted.

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.7.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.1
  • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.7.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 456.1
  • 2.8.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.9.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.10.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.11.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5
  • 2.12.x versions with Xenial Stemcells prior to 621.5

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

• Isolation Segment
  • 2.7.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.1 or greater
  • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
  • 2.7.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 456.1 or greater
  • 2.8.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.9.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.10.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.11.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater
  • 2.12.x: Upgrade Xenial Stemcells to 621.5 or greater

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16881
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17041
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17042
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5419-1
• https://cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-5419-1

History

2022-07-25: Initial vulnerability report published.