CVE-2011-1488

MEDIUM

rsyslog < 5.7.6 - Denial of Service via Repeated Message Reduction Memory Leak

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 37.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-772
Status published
Products (5)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
opensuse/opensuse 11.4
rsyslog/rsyslog < 5.7.6
Published Nov 14, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026