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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4758

Double free vulnerability in the writeDataError function in the ElasticSearch plugin (omelasticsearch) in rsyslog before 7.4.2 and before 7.5.2 devel, when errorfile is set to local logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 2.33%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Double free vulnerability in the writeDataError function in the ElasticSearch plugin (omelasticsearch) in rsyslog before 7.4.2 and before 7.5.2 devel, when errorfile is set to local logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JSON response.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.33% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-399
Affected
rsyslog/rsyslog
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.