CVE-2014-3634
rsyslog: remote syslog PRI vulnerability
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.8AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size