CVE-2011-1490
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CVE-2011-1490 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. 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. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Rsyslog | Rsyslog | < 5.7.6 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 8.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 9.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | 10.0 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | 11.4 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1490Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1490Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Modified
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