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Vulnerability · Published Jan 23, 2023 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2022-38725

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity integer overflow in the syslog-ng package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.5% (higher than 85% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.5%top 15.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

An integer overflow in the RFC3164 parser in One Identity syslog-ng 3.0 through 3.37 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service via crafted syslog input that is mishandled by the tcp or network function. syslog-ng Premium Edition 7.0.30 and syslog-ng Store Box 6.10.0 are also affected.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20syslog-ng3.38.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38725
Alpine:v3.21syslog-ng3.38.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38725
Alpine:v3.22syslog-ng3.38.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38725
Alpine:v3.23syslog-ng3.38.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38725
Alpine:v3.24syslog-ng3.38.1-r0ALPINE-CVE-2022-38725
Debian:12syslog-ng3.38.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38725
Debian:13syslog-ng3.38.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38725
Debian:14syslog-ng3.38.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-38725
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSsyslog-ngno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSsyslog-ngno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725
Ubuntu:25.10syslog-ngno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSsyslog-ngno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725
Ubuntu:26.10syslog-ngno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-38725

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-190 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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