CVE-2014-3683
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
Description
Integer overflow in rsyslog before 7.6.7 and 8.x before 8.4.2 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large priority (PRI) value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3634.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 8.4.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 8.4.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 8.4.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 8.4.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 8.4.2-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| rsyslog | rsyslog | {"endIncluding":"7.6.6"} | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.1.0 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.1.1 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.1.2 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.1.3 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.1.4 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.1.5 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.1.6 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.2.0 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.2.1 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.2.2 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.2.3 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.3.0 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.3.1 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.3.2 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.3.3 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.3.4 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.3.5 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.4.0 | |
| rsyslog | rsyslog | 8.4.1 | |
| sysklogd_project | sysklogd | {"endIncluding":"1.5"} | |
| sysklogd_project | sysklogd | 1.1 | |
| sysklogd_project | sysklogd | 1.2 | |
| sysklogd_project | sysklogd | 1.3 | |
| sysklogd_project | sysklogd | 1.4 | |
| sysklogd_project | sysklogd | 1.4.1 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61494
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3047
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/03/1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.rsyslog.com/remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability-cve-2014-3683/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2381-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3683
CWEs
CWE-189
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.