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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:44:43 -0700
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov@...hat.com>,
"Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>,
Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@...scon.com>,
Tomas Heinrich <theinric@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: CVE Request -- rsyslog -- DoS due integer signedness
error while extending rsyslog counted string buffer
On 12/22/2011 05:19 AM, Jan Lieskovsky wrote:
>
> An integer signedness error, leading to heap based buffer overflow was
> found in
> the way the imfile module of rsyslog, an enhanced system logging and
> kernel
> message trapping daemon, processed text files larger than 64 KB. When the
> imfile rsyslog module was enabled, a local attacker could use this
> flaw to
> cause denial of service (rsyslogd daemon hang) via specially-crafted
> message,
> to be logged.
>
> Upstream bug report:
> [1] http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221
>
> Upstream patch:
> [2]
> http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git;a=commit;h=6bad782f154b7f838c7371bf99c13f6dc4ec4101
>
> References:
> [3] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769822
>
> Could you allocate a CVE id for this?
>
> Thank you && Regards, Jan.
> --
> Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team
Please use CVE-2011-4623 for this issue.
--
-Kurt Seifried / Red Hat Security Response Team
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