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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : rsyslog (MDVSA-2015:130)

high Nessus Plugin ID 82383

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated rsyslog packages fix security vulnerability :

Rainer Gerhards, the rsyslog project leader, reported a vulnerability in Rsyslog. As a consequence of this vulnerability an attacker can send malformed messages to a server, if this one accepts data from untrusted sources, and trigger a denial of service attack (CVE-2014-3634).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0411.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 82383

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-130.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-dbi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-pgsql, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rsyslog-docs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3634

MDVSA: 2015:130