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CVE-2011-1488

Published: Nov 14, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-772
5.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when $RepeatedMsgReduction was enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of the rsyslogd daemon service by crashing the service via a sequence of repeated log messages sent within short periods of time.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-772

Affected Products

rsyslog
oss-projectaka rsyslogd, librelp
rsyslogOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488
bugzilla.redhat.com
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