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Posted on 08 October 2014
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3047-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Luciano Bello
October 08, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : rsyslog
CVE ID : CVE-2014-3683
Mancha discovered a vulnerability in rsyslog, a system for log
processing. This vulnerability is an integer overflow that can be
triggered by malformed messages to a server, if this one accepts data
from untrusted sources, provoking message loss.
This vulnerability can be seen as an incomplete fix of CVE-2014-3634
(DSA 3040-1).
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.8.11-3+deb7u2.
For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.4.2-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 8.4.2-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your rsyslog packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
