REDHAT-BUG-709088
First published: Mon May 30 2011(Updated: )
A denial of service flaw was found in the way syslog-ng processed certain log patterns, when 'global' flag was speficied and PCRE backend was used for matching. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause excessive memory use by the syslog-ng process via specially-crafted pattern. References: [1] <a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47800/info">http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47800/info</a> [2] <a href="https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2011-May/016576.html">https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2011-May/016576.html</a> Upstream patch: [3] <a href="http://git.balabit.hu/?p=bazsi/syslog-ng-3.2.git;a=commit;h=09710c0b105e579d35c7b5f6c66d1ea5e3a3d3ff">http://git.balabit.hu/?p=bazsi/syslog-ng-3.2.git;a=commit;h=09710c0b105e579d35c7b5f6c66d1ea5e3a3d3ff</a>
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Balabit Syslog-ng Open Source Edition |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47800/info
- https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2011-May/016576.html
- http://git.balabit.hu/?p=bazsi/syslog-ng-3.2.git;a=commit;h=09710c0b105e579d35c7b5f6c66d1ea5e3a3d3ff
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/26/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=709092
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=709093
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1951
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=709088#c4
- http://git.balabit.hu/?p=bazsi/syslog-ng-3.1.git;a=commitdiff;h=35de55e53dd653c50c8da5daf41a99ab22e7e8aa
- https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2011-April/016444.html
- https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2011-May/016503.html
- https://lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng/2011-May/016537.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709088
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