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CVE-2014-3634

Public on 2014-11-02
Modified on 2023-01-18
Description

A flaw was found in the way rsyslog handled invalid log message priority values. In certain configurations, a local attacker, or a remote attacker able to connect to the rsyslog port, could use this flaw to crash the rsyslog daemon or, potentially in rsyslog 7.x, execute arbitrary code as the user running the rsyslog daemon.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 rsyslog 2014-11-11 10:26 ALAS-2014-445
Amazon Linux 1 rsyslog 2022-05-31 23:47 ALAS-2022-1594
Amazon Linux 2 - Core rsyslog 2022-05-31 23:50 ALAS2-2022-1803
Amazon Linux 2023 rsyslog 2023-02-17 20:41 ALAS2023-2023-001

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.8 AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P