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A rsyslog security update has been released for Fedora 31



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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2019-ea7d5876a4
2019-11-22 00:46:48.107031
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Name : rsyslog
Product : Fedora 31
Version : 8.1911.0
Release : 1.fc31
URL : http://www.rsyslog.com/
Summary : Enhanced system logging and kernel message trapping daemon
Description :
Rsyslog is an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon. It supports MySQL,
syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part,
and fine grain output format control. It is compatible with stock sysklogd
and can be used as a drop-in replacement. Rsyslog is simple to set up, with
advanced features suitable for enterprise-class, encryption-protected syslog
relay chains.

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Update Information:

rebase to upstream version 8.1911.0
------------------------------------------------- new modules available: *
ClickHouse output * generic REST API http output * docker API input * misc.
external program input (takes output of specified binary as log source)
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ChangeLog:

* Thu Nov 14 2019 Jiri Vymazal - 8.1911.0-1
- rebase to upstream version 8.1911.0
resolves: rhbz#1771468
* Thu Oct 17 2019 Jiri Vymazal - 8.1910.0-1
- rebase to upstream version 8.1910.0
resolves: rhbz#1743537
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1766642 - CVE-2019-17040 rsyslog: out-of-bounds read in contrib/pmdb2diag/pmdb2diag.c [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1766642
[ 2 ] Bug #1766694 - CVE-2019-17041 rsyslog: heap-based overflow in contrib/pmaixforwardedfrom/pmaixforwardedfrom.c [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1766694
[ 3 ] Bug #1766701 - CVE-2019-17042 rsyslog: heap-based overflow in contrib/pmcisconames/pmcisconames.c [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1766701
[ 4 ] Bug #1771468 - rsyslog-8.1911.0 is available
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1771468
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-ea7d5876a4' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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