A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when $RepeatedMsgReduction was enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of the rsyslogd daemon service by crashing the service via a sequence of repeated log messages sent within short periods of time.
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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rsyslog / rsyslog
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| debian | debian_linux | - | - |
| debian | debian_linux | - | - |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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