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CVE-2014-3683

rsyslog: integer overflow in PRI parsing

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 2, 2014

Updated · November 5, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in rsyslog before 7.6.7 and 8.x before 8.4.2 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large priority (PRI) value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3634.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of sysklogd and rsyslog packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and7.

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-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound