PT-2001-1919 · Sysklogd · Sysklogd

Published 2001-10-18 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0738

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: sysklogd version 1.3

Description: The issue allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by hanging the system, achieved by placing null bytes in log messages through the LogLine function in klogd.

Recommendations: For sysklogd version 1.3, consider disabling the LogLine function in klogd as a temporary workaround to prevent the denial of service.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0738

Affected Products

Sysklogd

References · 5

• http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-026-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0738 · Security Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/249579 · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7098 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99258618906506&w=2 · Note