USN-2381-1

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    USN-2381-1

    Published: 9 Oct 2014Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: rsyslog vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled invalid PRI values. An attacker could use this issue to send malformed messages to the Rsyslog server and cause it to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service and possibly message loss. (CVE-2014-3634, CVE-2014-3683)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2381-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3634, https://ubuntu.com/security/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