CVE-2011-5227

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 77.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-10-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Syslog service (nssyslogd.exe) in Enterasys Network Management Suite (NMS) before 4.1.0.80 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PRIO field in a message to UDP port 514.

Affected products

Enterasys Netsight: through 4.1.0.79

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/47263
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026440
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-350/
https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/display/4n/kb/article.aspx?aid=14206&n=3&tab=search&bt=4n&s=
https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/utility/downloadArticle.aspx?aid=14206
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71889
http://secunia.com/advisories/47263
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026440
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-350/
https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/display/4n/kb/article.aspx?aid=14206&n=3&tab=search&bt=4n&s=
https://cp-enterasys.kb.net/utility/downloadArticle.aspx?aid=14206
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71889

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