Description
syslogd on OpenBSD 2.9 through 3.2 does not change the source IP address of syslog packets when the machine's IP addressed is changed without rebooting, e.g. via ifconfig, which can cause incorrect information to be sent to the syslog server.
References
- 20021120 [OpenBSD] [syslogd] false src-IP when logging to remote syslogd mailing-list
- openbsd-syslogd-incorrect-reporting(10702) vdb-entry
- 6219 vdb-entry