# CVE-2019-17042: rsyslog: The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon CVE-2019-17042 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2020:1702, released April 28, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17042 - Priority: High - CVSS: 9.8 (Moderate) - EPSS: 0.0298 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Apr 28, 2020 ## Description The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon. It supports MySQL, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine-grained control over output format. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: rsyslog (8.1911.0). (BZ#1740683) Security Fix(es): * rsyslog: heap-based overflow in contrib/pmaixforwardedfrom/pmaixforwardedfrom.c (CVE-2019-17041) * rsyslog: heap-based overflow in contrib/pmcisconames/pmcisconames.c (CVE-2019-17042) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Release Notes linked from the References section. ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | rsyslog RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-crypto RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-crypto ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-doc RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-doc ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-elasticsearch RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-elasticsearch ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-gnutls RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-gnutls ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-gssapi RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-gssapi ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-kafka RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-kafka ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmaudit RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmaudit ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmjsonparse RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmjsonparse ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmkubernetes RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmkubernetes ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmnormalize RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmnormalize ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mysql RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-mysql ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-pgsql RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-pgsql ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-relp RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-relp ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-snmp RHEL 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [RHSA-2020:1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-1702.md) | Apr 28, 2020 | | Linux | rsyslog-snmp ol 8 | 0:8.1911.0-3.el8 | [ELSA-2020-1702](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2020-1702.md) | May 5, 2020 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T00:53:09Z UTC. 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