Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-1488

RCE

Title: Rsyslog RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-1488.

CWE Category CWE-772
Published Date Nov 14, 2019
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.48%

Vulnerability Summary

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. 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.

Impacted Vendors

R
rsyslog 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488 https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2a https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.html https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488 https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2a https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
1.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-1488 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.