Debian DSA-3047-1 : rsyslog - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78091

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Mancha discovered a vulnerability in rsyslog, a system for log processing. This vulnerability is an integer overflow that can be triggered by malformed messages to a server, if this one accepts data from untrusted sources, provoking message loss, denial of service and, potentially, remote code execution.

This vulnerability can be seen as an incomplete fix of CVE-2014-3634 (DSA 3040-1).

For more information:
http://www.rsyslog.com/remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability-cve-2014-3683/

Solution

Upgrade the rsyslog packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 5.8.11-3+deb7u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78091

File Name: debian_DSA-3047.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/9/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:rsyslog, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3683

BID: 70243

DSA: 3047

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