Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the parseLegacySyslogMsg function in tools/syslogd.c in rsyslogd in rsyslog 4.6.x before 4.6.8 and 5.2.0 through 5.8.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a long TAG in a legacy syslog message.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46027 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727644 ↗
- http://www.rsyslog.com/potential-dos-with-malformed-tag/ ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026000 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00013.html ↗
- http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1ca6cc236d1dabf1633238b873fb1c057e52f95e ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1247.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:134 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065941.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49413 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065837.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45922 ↗