CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-3634

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Rsyslog versions before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.4.1 and sysklogd version 1.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly execute arbitrary code, or have other unspecified impact via a crafted priority (PRI) value that triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to remotely trigger a logging system crash, potentially leading to service unavailability and arbitrary code execution.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update rsyslog to version 7.6.6 or 8.4.1 and sysklogd to a version newer than 1.5 to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

rsyslog before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.4.1 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly execute arbitrary code, or have other unspecified impact via a crafted priority (PRI) value that triggers an out-of-bounds array access.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS