Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2019· Updated Aug 6, 2024
CVE-2011-1488
CVE-2011-1488
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.
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References
5- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488mitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2amitrex_refsource_MISC
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488mitrex_refsource_MISC
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