SB2014101307 - Fedora 21 update for sysklogd
Published: October 13, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014101307
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3634)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
rsyslog before 7.6.6 and 8.x before 8.4.1 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), possibly execute arbitrary code, or have other unspecified impact via a crafted priority (PRI) value that triggers an out-of-bounds array access.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.