PT-2002-2611 · Logsurfer · Logsurfer

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1889

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 Logsurfer versions 1.41 through 1.5a

Description The issue is related to an off-by-one buffer overflow in the context action function, located in the context.c file. This can be exploited by remote attackers through a malformed log entry, leading to a denial of service (crash).

Recommendations For versions 1.41 through 1.5a, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the context action function until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1889

Affected Products

Logsurfer

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/5898 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1889 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/10287.php · Patch
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/294131 · Note
• ftp://ftp.cert.dfn.de/pub/tools/audit/logsurfer/logsurfer.README.asc · Note