CVE-2014-3634

Published: Nov 2, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

rsyslog before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.4.1 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly execute arbitrary code, or have other unspecified impact via a crafted priority (PRI) value that triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

sysklogd project

oss-project

sysklogdOn-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

rsyslog

oss-projectaka librelp, rsyslogd

rsyslogOn-prem

Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

The CentOS Project

oss-project·USaka centos

CentOSOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00020.html

lists.opensuse.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1671.html

rhn.redhat.com

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0411.html

advisories.mageia.org

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