========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1224-1 October 03, 2011 rsyslog vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 11.04 Summary: Rsyslog could be made to crash if it processed a specially crafted message. Software Description: - rsyslog: enhanced multi-threaded syslogd Details: It was discovered that rsyslog had an off-by-two error when parsing legacy syslog messages. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 11.04: rsyslog 4.6.4-2ubuntu4.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1224-1 CVE-2011-3200 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rsyslog/4.6.4-2ubuntu4.1