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Werk #10006: mk_logwatch: Do not crash upon non-matching optional subgroups and rewrites

Component Checks & agents
Title mk_logwatch: Do not crash upon non-matching optional subgroups and rewrites
Date Sep 10, 2019
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.0.0i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.6.0b10 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p23 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The agent plugin mk_logwatch crashed in case you had rewrite patterns defined and the triggering regular expression contained non-matching optional subgroups.

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