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NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : rsyslog Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0225)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131408

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Synopsis

The remote machine is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has rsyslog packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

 - 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)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL rsyslog packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

See Also

http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2019-0225

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131408

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2019-0225_rsyslog.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 12/2/2019

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-3200

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3200

BID: 49413