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CVE-2011-1489 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....

MediumCVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.47%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/rsyslog(Debian:12) < 5.7.6-1 5.7.6-1
debian/rsyslog(Debian:13) < 5.7.6-1 5.7.6-1
debian/rsyslog(Debian:14) < 5.7.6-1 5.7.6-1
rsyslog < 5.7.6 5.7.6
opensuse = 11.4 No fix listed
debian linux = 8.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 9.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 10.0 No fix listed
rsyslog = before 5.7.6 No fix listed

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