CVE - CVE-2011-4623

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-4623	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
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.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:1026556 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026556 MISC:45848 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/45848 MISC:47698 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/47698 MISC:51171 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51171 MISC:USN-1338-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1338-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20111222 Re: CVE Request -- rsyslog -- DoS due integer signedness error while extending rsyslog counted string buffer URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/22/2 MISC:http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221 URL:http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221 MISC:http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6bad782f154b7f838c7371bf99c13f6dc4ec4101 URL:http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6bad782f154b7f838c7371bf99c13f6dc4ec4101 MISC:http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-4-6-6-v4-stable/ URL:http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-4-6-6-v4-stable/ MISC:http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-5-7-4-v5-beta/ URL:http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-5-7-4-v5-beta/ MISC:http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-6-1-4-devel/ URL:http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-6-1-4-devel/ MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769822 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769822
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20111129	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20111129)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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