USN-1224-1: rsyslog vulnerability
3 October 2011
Rsyslog could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted message.
Releases
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
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 11.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.