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title: "CVE-2011-3200\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-3200

Publication date 6 September 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the parseLegacySyslogMsg function in
tools/syslogd.c in rsyslogd in rsyslog 4.6.x before 4.6.8 and 5.2.0 through
5.8.4 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(application exit) via a long TAG in a legacy syslog message.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3200?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rsyslog | 11.04 natty | Fixed 4.6.4-2ubuntu4.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

On i386 and amd64 it seems to just truncate messages slightly and
not be a DoS. Will patch anyway just in case for other architectures.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3200)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3200)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3200)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3200)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1224-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1224-1)
+ rsyslog vulnerability
+ 3 October 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3200>