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Ubuntu 11.04 : rsyslog vulnerability (USN-1224-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56384

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that rsyslog had an off-by-two error when parsing legacy syslog messages. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash.

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Solution

Update the affected rsyslog package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1224-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56384

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1224-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/4/2011

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:rsyslog, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/6/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3200

BID: 49413

USN: 1224-1