CVE-2011-4623

Public on 2012-07-06
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description
Integer overflow in the rsCStrExtendBuf function in runtime/stringbuf.c in the imfile module in rsyslog 4.x before 4.6.6, 5.x before 5.7.4, and 6.x before 6.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a large file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 rsyslog 2012-07-06 ALAS-2012-105 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.4 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2011-4623 Mitre: CVE-2011-4623