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Medium
CVE-2011-3200
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parseLegacySyslogMsg function in tools/syslogd.c in...
Vulnerability 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 service (application exit) via a long TAG in a legacy syslog message.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46027
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727644
- http://www.rsyslog.com/potential-dos-with-malformed-tag/
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026000
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00013.html
- http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ca6cc236d1dabf1633238b873fb1c057e52f95e
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1247.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:134
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065941.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49413
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065837.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45922
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Vulnerable Versions:
4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.6.5, 4.6.6, 4.6.7, 5.2.0, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.1, 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.4, 5.3.5, 5.3.6, 5.3.7, 5.4.0, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.5.3, 5.5.4, 5.5.5, 5.5.6, 5.5.7, 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, 5.6.4, 5.6.5, 5.7.0, 5.7.1, 5.7.2, 5.7.3, 5.7.4, 5.7.5, 5.7.6, 5.7.7, 5.7.8, 5.7.9, 5.7.10, 5.8.0, 5.8.1, 5.8.2, 5.8.3, 5.8.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 6th, 2011
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.