FreeBSD : rsyslog -- remote syslog PRI vulnerability (8e0e86ff-48b5-11e4-ab80-000c29f6ae42)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78003

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The rsyslog project reports :

potential abort when a message with PRI > 191 was processed if the 'pri-text' property was used in active templates, this could be abused to a remote denial of service from permitted senders

The original fix for CVE-2014-3634 was not adequate.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.rsyslog.com/remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability/

http://www.nessus.org/u?2936f11f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78003

File Name: freebsd_pkg_8e0e86ff48b511e4ab80000c29f6ae42.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 10/1/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rsyslog, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rsyslog8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3634