CVE-2001-0738

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) by causing null bytes to be placed in log messages.

LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) by causing null bytes to be placed in log messages.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Debian Debian Linux

First reported 23 years ago

2001-10-18 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Debian Debian Linux 1.3

1.3

Debian Debian Linux 2.2

2.2

References

IMNX-2001-70-026-01

20010614 sysklogd update -- Immunix OS 6.2, 7.0-beta, 7.0

VU#249579

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

klogd-null-byte-dos(7098)

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