DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623

    Published: 25 Sept 2012Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-4623

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4623

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsyslog

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.7.4-1

    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