DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4623
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623
Upstream
Published
2012-09-25T23:55:01.033Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:07:24.301556Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow in the rsCStrExtendBuf function in runtime/stringbuf.c in the imfile module in rsyslog 4.x before 4.6.6, 5.x before 5.7.4, and 6.x before 6.1.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) via a large file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / rsyslog

Package

Name
rsyslog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623.json"

Debian:12 / rsyslog

Package

Name
rsyslog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623.json"

Debian:13 / rsyslog

Package

Name
rsyslog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623.json"

Debian:14 / rsyslog

Package

Name
rsyslog
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rsyslog?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.7.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4623.json"