VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1488

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-14
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references