syslog-ng: Denial of Service A denial of service vulnerability was discovered in rsyslog related to syslog input over the network. syslog-ng 2023-05-03 2023-05-03 891941 remote 3.38.1 3.38.1

syslog replacement with advanced filtering features.

An integer overflow in the RFC3164 parser allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted syslog input that is mishandled by the tcp or network function.

Attackers with access to input syslogs over syslog-ng's network functionality can cause a denial of service.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All syslog-ng users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/syslog-ng-3.38.1" CVE-2022-38725 ajak sam