CVE-2011-1488

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1488
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-14 02:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-18 15:05:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-772

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog All All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2011-1488 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
bugfix: fixed a memory leak and potential abort condition · rsyslog/rsyslog@1ef709c · GitHub MISC github.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:007 MISC lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-1488 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
694122 – (CVE-2011-1488) CVE-2011-1488 rsyslog: Memory leak when $RepeatedMsgReduction turned on MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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