CVE-2011-1488
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.9–5.5
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affected products (6)
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references (17)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlcnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-1488cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-1488cnnvd
- https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/commit/1ef709cc97d54f74d3fdeb83788cc4b01f4c6a2acnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1488cnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1488cnnvd
- https://www.rsyslog.com/Patchcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00005.htmlenisa_euvd
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