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CVE-2011-1489

Published: Nov 14, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-772
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 62.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages were logged when multiple rulesets were used and some output batches contained messages belonging to more than one ruleset. A local attacker could cause denial of the rsyslogd daemon service via a log message belonging to more than one ruleset.

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

rsyslogrsyslog
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
rsyslogoss-projectEnterprise Softwareaka librelp, rsyslogd
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1489
security-tracker.debian.org
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1489
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1489
access.redhat.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 14, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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