2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Integer overflow in the rsCStrExtendBuf function in runtime/stringbuf.c in the imfile module in rsyslog 4.x before 4.6.6, 5.x before 5.7.4, and 6.x before 6.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a large file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221
git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6bad782f154b7f838c7371bf99c13f6dc4ec4101
rsyslog.com/changelog-for-4-6-6-v4-stable/
rsyslog.com/changelog-for-5-7-4-v5-beta/
rsyslog.com/changelog-for-6-1-4-devel/
secunia.com/advisories/45848
secunia.com/advisories/47698
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/22/2
www.securityfocus.com/bid/51171
www.securitytracker.com/id?1026556
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1338-1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769822