CVE-2011-1951

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1951
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-11 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:30:00 UTC
Descriptionlib/logmatcher.c in Balabit syslog-ng before 3.2.4, when the global flag is set and when using PCRE 8.12 and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a message that does not match a regular expression.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng All All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng All All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.12 All All All
Application Pcre Pcre 8.12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.balabit.hu Git - bazsi/syslog-ng-3.2.git/commit MISC git.balabit.hu
oss-security - CVE Request -- syslog-ng -- Possible DoS MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
git.balabit.hu Git - bazsi/syslog-ng-3.2.git/commit CONFIRM git.balabit.hu Broken Link, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: syslog-ng-3.1.4-4.fc14 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
BalaBit IT Security syslog-ng PCRE Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Fedora update for syslog-ng - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 709088 – CVE-2011-1951 syslog-ng: DoS (excessive memory use) by processing certain pcre patterns MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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