CVE-2011-4623

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4623
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-25 23:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 01:21:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the rsCStrExtendBuf function in runtime/stringbuf.c in the imfile module in rsyslog 4.x before 4.6.6, 5.x before 5.7.4, and 6.x before 6.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a large file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.2.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.3.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.3.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.3.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.4.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.4.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.4.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.8 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.2.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.2.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.2.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.4.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.4.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.4.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.1.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.2.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.3.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.3.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.3.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.4.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.4.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.4.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.5.8 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 4.6.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.1.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.2.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.2.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.2.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.3.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.4.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.4.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.4.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.5.7 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.6.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 5.7.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 6.1.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Changelog for 6.1.4 (devel) rsyslog CONFIRM rsyslog.com
Security Advisory SA47698 - Ubuntu update for rsyslog - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Changelog for 5.7.4 (v5-beta) rsyslog CONFIRM rsyslog.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- rsyslog -- DoS due integer signedness error while extending rsyslog counted string buffer MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-1338-1: Rsyslog vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
git.adiscon.com Git - rsyslog.git/commit CONFIRM git.adiscon.com
Bug 769822 – rsyslog: DoS due integer signedness error while extending rsyslog counted string buffer MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
git.adiscon.com Git - rsyslog.git/commit MISC git.adiscon.com
Changelog for 4.6.6 (v4-stable) rsyslog CONFIRM rsyslog.com
rsyslog imfile Integer Signedness Error Lets Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
rsyslog Two Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
401 Unauthorized CONFIRM bugzilla.adiscon.com
RSyslog Function Imfile Module Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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