usn-2381-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2014-10-09 16:42
Modified
2026-02-10 04:40
Summary
rsyslog vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled invalid PRI values. An attacker could use this issue to send malformed messages to the Rsyslog server and cause it to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service and possibly message loss. (CVE-2014-3634, CVE-2014-3683)

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-3634",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-3683",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "rsyslog",
            "binary_version": "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-gnutls",
            "binary_version": "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-gssapi",
            "binary_version": "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-mysql",
            "binary_version": "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-pgsql",
            "binary_version": "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rsyslog-relp",
            "binary_version": "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "rsyslog",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rsyslog@7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.8.11-2ubuntu4",
        "7.4.4-1ubuntu1",
        "7.4.4-1ubuntu2",
        "7.4.4-1ubuntu2.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Rsyslog incorrectly handled invalid PRI values. An\nattacker could use this issue to send malformed messages to the Rsyslog\nserver and cause it to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service\nand possibly message loss. (CVE-2014-3634, CVE-2014-3683)\n",
  "id": "USN-2381-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:50Z",
  "published": "2014-10-09T16:42:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2381-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3634"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3683"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "rsyslog vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3634",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3683"
  ]
}



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