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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026

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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Affected products

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  • Rsyslog/Rsyslog3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <5.7.6
    • (no CPE)range: <5.7.6
    • (no CPE)range: before 5.7.6
  • Debian/linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OpenSUSE/openSUSE
    cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/Debianllm-fuzzy

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