CVE-2017-12588

Name	CVE-2017-12588
Description	The zmq3 input and output modules in rsyslog before 8.28.0 interpreted description fields as format strings, possibly allowing a format string attack with unspecified impact.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
NVD severity	high (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
rsyslog (PTS)	jessie	8.4.2-1+deb8u2	vulnerable
	stretch	8.24.0-1	vulnerable
	buster, sid	8.40.0-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
rsyslog	source	(unstable)	8.28.0-1	unimportant

Notes

https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/062d0c671a29f7c6f7dff4a2f1f35df375bbb30b
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/1565
The zmq3 input and output modules are not enabled and built in Debian