CVE-2011-1489

NameCVE-2011-1489
DescriptionA memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages were logged when multiple rulesets were used and some output batches contained messages belonging to more than one ruleset. A local attacker could cause denial of the rsyslogd daemon service via a log message belonging to more than one ruleset.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rsyslog (PTS)buster, buster (security)8.1901.0-1+deb10u2fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye8.2102.0-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm8.2302.0-1fixed
trixie8.2402.0-1fixed
sid8.2404.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rsyslogsource(unstable)5.7.6-1low

Notes

[squeeze] - rsyslog <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[lenny] - rsyslog <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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