CVE-2011-1490 A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when multiple rulesets were used and some output batches contained messages belonging to more than o...
MediumCVSS 5.5
EPSS 0.38%
- 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 are 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
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed 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 |
| debian linux | = 8.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 9.0 | No fix listed |
| debian linux | = 10.0 | No fix listed |
| opensuse | = 11.4 | No fix listed |
| rsyslog | = before 5.7.6 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2011-1490 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- lists.opensuse.org mailing-list third-party-advisory
- access.redhat.com third-party-advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com issue-tracking third-party-advisory
- github.com patch third-party-advisory