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syslog-ng — security advisory
lib/logmatcher.c in Balabit syslog-ng before 3.2.4, when the global flag is set and when using PCRE 8.12 and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a message that does not match a regular expression.
- Products
- syslog-ng
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.2.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-1951
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:02 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
lib/logmatcher.c in Balabit syslog-ng before 3.2.4, when the global flag is set and when using PCRE 8.12 and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a message that does not match a regular expression.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1951
syslog-ng
Fixed versions: 3.2.4-1
syslog-ng
Fixed versions: 3.2.4-1
syslog-ng
Fixed versions: 3.2.4-1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:32.949444677Z",
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