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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: [ GLSA 200712-19 ] Syslog-ng: Denial of Service |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Syslog-ng: Denial of Service (GLSA 200712-19)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: December 29, 2007
Bug(s): #202718
ID: 200712-19
Synopsis
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in Syslog-ng.
Background
Syslog-ng is a flexible and scalable system logger.
Affected Packages
Package: app-admin/syslog-ng
Vulnerable: < 2.0.6
Unaffected: >= 2.0.6
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
Oriol Carreras reported a NULL pointer dereference in the
log_msg_parse() function when processing timestamps without a
terminating whitespace character.
Impact
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted event to a vulnerable
Syslog-ng server, resulting in a crash.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Syslog-ng users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.0.6" |
References
CVE-2007-6437
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