CVE-2011-1488
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.15%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1488
To remediate CVE-2011-1488, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 5.7.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-1488 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 5.7.6-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |