Memory Leak Affecting rsyslog package, versions [,5.7.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-RSYSLOG-2369721
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Nov 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Nov 2019

CVE-2011-1489  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade rsyslog to version 5.7.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages were 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.

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