CVE-2011-1488

A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when $RepeatedMsgReduction was enabled

published November 14, 2019

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when $RepeatedMsgReduction was enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of the rsyslogd daemon service by crashing the service via a sequence of repeated log messages sent within short periods of time.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00476 · 39.8th percentile
Published
2019-11-14T01:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 NOV 01:15Z
    A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when $RepeatedMsgReduction was enabled
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