Is CVE-2011-1488 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-1488 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-1488?

CVE-2011-1488 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-1488?

CVE-2011-1488 has an EPSS score of 0.48% (38th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1488?

Upgrade rsyslog on debian 11 to 5.7.6-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-1488

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A memory leak in rsyslog before 5.7.6 was found in the way deamon processed log messages are logged when $RepeatedMsgReduction was enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of the rsyslogd daemon service by crashing the service via a sequence of repeated log messages sent within short periods of time.

CWE-772

How to fix

Remediation Available

rsyslogDebian

Fixed in:5.7.6-1CVE-2011-1488

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

38thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 38% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Other references1

github.com

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CVE-2003-0132	Medium	5.0	87%	-	Fix
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CVE-2021-22883	High	7.5	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-2398	High	8.6	36%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-9375	High	7.5	28%	-	-
CVE-1999-1127	High	7.5	18%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.