CVE-2013-4758

NameCVE-2013-4758
DescriptionDouble free vulnerability in the writeDataError function in the ElasticSearch plugin (omelasticsearch) in rsyslog before 7.4.2 and before 7.5.2 devel, when errorfile is set to local logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JSON response.
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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
sid, trixie8.2402.0-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rsyslogsourcesqueeze(not affected)
rsyslogsourcewheezy(not affected)
rsyslogsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- rsyslog <not-affected> (omelasticsearch plugin not enabled; see #715009)
[squeeze] - rsyslog <not-affected> (omelasticsearch plugin not yet present)
[wheezy] - rsyslog <not-affected> (omelasticsearch plugin not yet present)
http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461
http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git;a=commitdiff;h=80f88242982c9c6ad6ce8628fc5b94ea74051cf4

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