gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201412-35.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201412-35">
  <title>RSYSLOG: Denial of Service</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RSYSLOG, allowing
    attackers to cause Denial of Service.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">rsyslog</product>
  <announced>December 24, 2014</announced>
  <revised>December 24, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>395709</bug>
  <bug>491856</bug>
  <bug>524058</bug>
  <bug>524290</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="app-admin/rsyslog" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">8.4.2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">8.4.2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>RSYSLOG is an enhanced multi-threaded syslogd with database support and
      more.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RSYSLOG. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A context-dependent attacker may be able to create a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All RSYSLOG users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-admin/rsyslog-8.4.2"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4623">CVE-2011-4623</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3634">CVE-2014-3634</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3683">CVE-2014-3683</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:34:54 +0000">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 24 Dec 2014 20:04:37 +0000">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>