1.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2011-1488

Published: 14/11/2019 Updated: 18/08/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 1.9 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 169
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

A memory leak in rsyslog prior to 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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