Improper neutralization of wildcards or matching symbols in syslog-ng - CVE-2024-47619

Vulnerability identifier: #VU108768

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-47619

CWE-ID: CWE-155

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists within the tls_wildcard_match() function when handling host names with wildcards. A remote attacker can bypass expected security restrictions.

syslog-ng
LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS)
IBM Qradar SIEM
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
Fedora
syslog-ng

Install updates from vendor's website.

syslog-ng - update to 4.8.2
LANTIME Operating System Firmware (LTOS) - update to 7.08.024
IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 14 IF01
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP14 IF01
syslog-ng - addressed in versions 3.23.1-4.el8, 3.35.1-7.el9, 4.6.0-4.fc40, 4.8.2-1.fc41, 4.8.2-1.fc42

• https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/security/advisories/GHSA-xr54-gx74-fghg

• MitM attack in syslog-ng
• Fedora 42 update for syslog-ng
• Fedora 41 update for syslog-ng
• Fedora 40 update for syslog-ng
• Fedora EPEL 9 update for syslog-ng
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for syslog-ng
• Meinberg LANTIME firmware update for third-party components
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM QRadar SIEM
• Juniper Secure Analytics update for third-party components