PT-2009-1533 · Syslserve · Syslserve

Published 2009-02-05 · Updated 2024-02-14 · CVE-2008-6058

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 Syslserve versions 1.058 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in the system hanging, by sending a crafted UDP Syslog packet.

Recommendations For Syslserve versions 1.058 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.058 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for version 1.059.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6058

Affected Products

Syslserve

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6058 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/33311 · Note
• http://syslserve.com/changelog.html · Note
• http://princeofnigeria.org/blogs/index.php/2009/01/15/syslserve-1-058-denial-of-service-vulner · Note