CVE-2011-1488

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.

CVSS v3.0 5.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

5.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

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

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488	Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2a

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*

Information

Published : 2019-11-13 18:15

Updated : 2020-08-18 08:05

NVD link : CVE-2011-1488

Mitre link : CVE-2011-1488

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

opensuse

opensuse

rsyslog

rsyslog

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