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CVE-2014-3634

rsyslog: remote syslog PRI vulnerability

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 30, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way rsyslog handled invalid log message priority values. In certain configurations, a local attacker, or a remote attacker able to connect to the rsyslog port, could use this flaw to crash the rsyslog daemon or, potentially in rsyslog 7.x, execute arbitrary code as the user running the rsyslog daemon.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size