CVE-2014-3634

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-09-30
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

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 or, potentially in rsyslog 7.x, execute arbitrary code as the user running the rsyslog daemon.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (rsyslog5)	ELSA-2014-1671	2014-10-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (rsyslog)	ELSA-2014-1671	2014-10-20
Oracle Linux version 6 (rsyslog7)	ELSA-2014-1654	2014-10-21
Oracle Linux version 7 (rsyslog)	ELSA-2014-1397	2014-10-13
Oracle VM version 3.3 (rsyslog)	OVMSA-2014-0030	2014-11-03