CVE-2011-1488
MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.15%Published: 11/14/2019Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1488
Description
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/rsyslogfrom 0, < 5.7.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |