cve-2013-4758
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-10-04 17:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:34
Severity ?
Summary
Double free vulnerability in the writeDataError function in the ElasticSearch plugin (omelasticsearch) in rsyslog before 7.4.2 and before 7.5.2 devel, when errorfile is set to local logging, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted JSON response.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/05/2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-7-4-2-v7-stable-released/Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-7-5-2-v7-devel-released/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/05/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-7-4-2-v7-stable-released/Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-7-5-2-v7-devel-released/Patch
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