CVE-2011-1488

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.

• CWE-772

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2a
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2a
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 14, 2019

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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