Buffer overflow in Oneidentity Syslog-Ng
CVE-2002-1200
Balabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during macro expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.056 (92.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.056 · newest: 0.056 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Oneidentity Syslog-Ng — versions 1.4.0, 1.4.7, 1.4.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.balabit.hu/static/zsa/ZSA-2002-014-en.txt (Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/5934 (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2513.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10339.php (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_039_syslog_ng.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-175 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory)