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USN-1224-1: rsyslog vulnerability

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USN-1224-1: rsyslog vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/06/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/06/2013
Modified
07/09/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-rsyslog

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