CVE-2014-3683

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3683
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-02 00:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in rsyslog before 7.6.7 and 8.x before 8.4.2 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large priority (PRI) value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3634.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.1.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.1.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.1.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.1.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.1.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.1.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.1.6 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.2.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.2.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.2.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.2.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.3.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.3.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.3.2 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.3.3 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.3.4 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.3.5 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.4.0 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog 8.4.1 All All All
Application Rsyslog Rsyslog All All All All
Application Sysklogd Project Sysklogd 1.1 All All All
Application Sysklogd Project Sysklogd 1.2 All All All
Application Sysklogd Project Sysklogd 1.3 All All All
Application Sysklogd Project Sysklogd 1.4 All All All
Application Sysklogd Project Sysklogd 1.4.1 All All All
Application Sysklogd Project Sysklogd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA61494 - rsyslog PRI Two Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
remote syslog PRI vulnerability – CVE: CVE-2014-3683 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rsyslog.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3047-1 rsyslog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1294-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
oss-security - sysklogd vulnerability (CVE-2014-3634) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
openSUSE-SU-2014:1297-1: moderate: update for rsyslog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - vulnerability in rsyslog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-2381-1: Rsyslog vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1298-1: moderate: update for rsyslog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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