SB2013100404 - Resource management error in rsyslog.com rsyslog
Published: October 4, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013100404
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4758)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Double free vulnerability in the writeDataError function in the ElasticSearch plugin (omelasticsearch) in rsyslog before 7.4.2 and before 7.5.2 devel, when errorfile is set to local logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JSON response.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.