UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3683

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3683

    Published: 2 Oct 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3683
    Aliases:
    USN-2381-1

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in rsyslog before 7.6.7 and 8.x before 8.4.2 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large priority (PRI) value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3634.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3683, http://www.rsyslog.com/remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability-cve-2014-3683/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2381-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3683

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rsyslog

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3

    Affected versions

    5.8.11-2ubuntu4

    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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