Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-1224-1

USN-1224-1: rsyslog vulnerability

Publication date

3 October 2011

Overview

Rsyslog could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted message.

Releases

11.04

Packages

rsyslog - enhanced multi-threaded syslogd

Details

It was discovered that rsyslog had an off-by-two error when parsing legacy
syslog messages. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a
denial of service via application crash.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
11.04 natty	rsyslog – 4.6.4-2ubuntu4.1

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References

CVE-2011-3200

CVE-2011-3200