CVE-2006-0598

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in elogd.c in elog before 2.5.7 r1558-4 allows attackers to execute code via unspecified variables, when writing to the log file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24705

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-0605

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16579

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-967

http://secunia.com/advisories/18783

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349528

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/0002-r1335-Applied-patch-from-Emiliano-to-fix-possible-buffer-overflow.txt?bug=349528%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-02-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02945