CVE-2011-3200
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parseLegacySyslogMsg function in tools/syslogd.c in rsyslogd in rsyslog 4.6.x before 4.6.8 and 5.2.0 through 5.8.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parseLegacySyslogMsg function in tools/syslogd.c in rsyslogd in rsyslog 4.6.x before 4.6.8 and 5.2.0 through 5.8.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 20.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-09-06 16:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 23:29Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-08-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c4fe9e39402d93c7e4c93732d57e7b139183669ad4ce45e8509c115c39a3fdda
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com46027http://secunia.com/advisories/46027
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727644
- www.rsyslog.comhttp://www.rsyslog.com/potential-dos-with-malformed-tag/
- securitytracker.com1026000http://securitytracker.com/id?1026000
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2011:1020http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00013.html
- git.adiscon.comhttp://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ca6cc236d1dabf1633238b873fb1c057e52f95e
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1247http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1247.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:134http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:134
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-12282http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065941.html
- www.securityfocus.com49413http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49413
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-12250http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065837.html
- secunia.com45922http://secunia.com/advisories/45922
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rsyslog Fixed in 5.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rsyslog Fixed in 5.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rsyslog Fixed in 5.8.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.