VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-4623

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-09-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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