A syslog-ng security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP4.

openSUSE-SU-2023:0040-1: moderate: Security update for syslog-ng

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for syslog-ng
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2023:0040-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1207460
Cross-References: CVE-2022-38725
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-38725 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVE-2022-38725 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for syslog-ng fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-38725: Fixed integer overflow in parsers that allowed a remote
denial of service (boo#1207460)

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2023-40=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libevtlog-3_35-0-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-curl-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-devel-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-geoip-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-java-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-mqtt-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-python-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-redis-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-smtp-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-snmp-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1
syslog-ng-sql-3.35.1-bp154.3.3.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-38725.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1207460