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CentOS 5 / 6 : rsyslog / rsyslog5 (CESA-2014:1671)
high Nessus Plugin ID 78607
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated rsyslog5 and rsyslog packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 respectively.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.
The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon that supports writing to relational databases, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine grained output format control.
A flaw was found in the way rsyslog handled invalid log message priority values. In certain configurations, a local attacker, or a remote attacker able to connect to the rsyslog port, could use this flaw to crash the rsyslog daemon. (CVE-2014-3634)
Red Hat would like to thank Rainer Gerhards of rsyslog upstream for reporting this issue.
All rsyslog5 and rsyslog users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
After installing the update, the rsyslog service will be restarted automatically.
Solution
Update the affected rsyslog and / or rsyslog5 packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 78607
File Name: centos_RHSA-2014-1671.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 10/22/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3634
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog5-gssapi, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog5-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog5-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog5-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog5-gnutls, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:rsyslog-relp
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/2/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3634
RHSA: 2014:1671