CVE-2001-0738

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7098

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/249579

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99258618906506&w=2

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-026-01

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-10-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0082