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Mandriva Update for rsyslog MDVSA-2011:134 (rsyslog)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mandrake Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

12 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'rsyslog' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Insight

Insight

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in rsyslog: 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 (CVE-2011-3200). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software

Affected Software

rsyslog on Mandriva Linux 2010.1, Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)