DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1488

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1488

    Published: 14 Nov 2019Last Modified: 24 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-1488

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsyslog

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.7.6-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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