CVE-2011-4623
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
02 Description
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
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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.9% 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
- 2012-09-25 23:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:09Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-11-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f7dc13ef52914eb2913b4759b851dccc52616a4d948e9ee31ae144faa9701379
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.adiscon.comhttp://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1338-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1338-1
- rsyslog.comhttp://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-6-1-4-devel/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769822
- git.adiscon.comhttp://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6bad782f154b7f838c7371bf99c13f6dc4ec4101
- www.securitytracker.com1026556http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026556
- rsyslog.comhttp://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-5-7-4-v5-beta/
- secunia.com45848http://secunia.com/advisories/45848
- www.securityfocus.com51171http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51171
- secunia.com47698http://secunia.com/advisories/47698
- rsyslog.comhttp://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-4-6-6-v4-stable/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20111222 Re: CVE Request -- rsyslog -- DoS due integer signedness error while extending rsyslog counted string bufferhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/22/2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rsyslog Fixed in 5.7.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rsyslog Fixed in 5.7.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rsyslog Fixed in 5.7.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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