CVE-2011-1489

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1489
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 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.

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
bugfix: fixed a memory leak and potential abort condition · rsyslog/rsyslog@1ef709c · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-1489 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:007 MISC lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-1489 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
694126 – (CVE-2011-1489, CVE-2011-1490) CVE-2011-1489 CVE-2011-1490 rsyslog: Memory leak when multiple rulesets used MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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