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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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2011-1491 | 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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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.761Z
Reserved: 2011-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2011-1488
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Status : Modified
Published: 2019-11-14T02:15:10.717
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:26:25.703
Link: CVE-2011-1488
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