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CVE-2011-4623 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221	CVE
http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6bad782f154b7f838c7371bf99c13f6dc4ec4101	CVE
http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-4-6-6-v4-stable/	CVE
http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-5-7-4-v5-beta/	CVE
http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-6-1-4-devel/	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769822	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/45848	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47698	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/22/2	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51171	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026556	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1338-1	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221	[email protected]
http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6bad782f154b7f838c7371bf99c13f6dc4ec4101	[email protected]
http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-4-6-6-v4-stable/	[email protected]
http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-5-7-4-v5-beta/	[email protected]
http://rsyslog.com/changelog-for-6-1-4-devel/	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=769822	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45848	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47698	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/22/2	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51171	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026556	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1338-1	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
rsyslog rsyslog	4.1.0 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.3.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

rsyslog rsyslog

4.1.0

4.1.1

4.1.2

4.1.3

4.1.4

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:5.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 26, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]