CVE-2002-1200

critical

Description

Balabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during macro expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_039_syslog_ng.html

http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2513.html

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10339.php

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-175

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103426595021928&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-28

Updated: 2020-05-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical