PT-2003-2463 · Adiscon · Adiscon Winsyslog

Published 2003-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2003-1518

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Adiscon WinSyslog version 4.21 SP1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically CPU consumption, by sending a long syslog message.

Recommendations For Adiscon WinSyslog version 4.21 SP1, consider restricting the length of incoming syslog messages to prevent excessive CPU consumption until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-1518

Affected Products

Adiscon Winsyslog

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/8821 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/23242 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1518 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13428 · Note
• http://adiscon.com/Common/en/advisory/2003-09-15.asp · Note
• http://securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6L00F158KE.html · Note