CVE-2011-1488
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 14, 2019
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 21, 2011
Description
A 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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
rsyslogrsyslog |
|
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.html
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2a
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