VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-1490
A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when multiple rulesets were used and some output batches contained messages belonging to more than one ruleset.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when multiple rulesets were used and some output batches contained messages belonging to more than one ruleset. A local attacker could cause denial of the rsyslogd daemon service via a log message belonging to more than one ruleset
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Affected
- rsyslog/rsyslog · debian/debian linux · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1490Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1490Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2aPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1490Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.