Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2007-6437 | First vendor Publication | 2007-12-19 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Balabit syslog-ng 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a message with a timestamp that does not contain a trailing space, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6437 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-20 | Improper Input Validation |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20146 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20146 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1464-1 syslog-ng - denial of service | ||
| Description: | Oriol Carreras discovered that syslog-ng, a next generation logging daemon can be tricked into dereferencing a NULL pointer through malformed timestamps, which can lead to denial of service and the disguise of an subsequent attack, which would otherwise be logged. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1464-1 CVE-2007-6437 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | syslog-ng |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8172 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8172 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1464 syslog-ng -- null pointer dereference | ||
| Description: | Oriol Carreras discovered that syslog-ng, a next generation logging daemon can be tricked into dereferencing a NULL pointer through malformed timestamps, which can lead to denial of service and the disguise of a subsequent attack, which would otherwise be logged. The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.0-1etch1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.6-1. We recommend that you upgrade your syslog-ng package. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1464 CVE-2007-6437 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | syslog-ng |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for syslog-ng FEDORA-2008-0523 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_0523_syslog-ng_fc8.nasl |
| 2009-02-17 | Name : Fedora Update for syslog-ng FEDORA-2008-0559 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_0559_syslog-ng_fc7.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-19 (syslog-ng) File : nvt/glsa_200712_19.nasl |
| 2008-01-31 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1464-1 (syslog-ng) File : nvt/deb_1464_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 39551 | syslog-ng Crafted Timestamp NULL Pointer Dereference Remote DoS syslog-ng contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a crafted timestamp triggers a NULL pointer dereference , and will result in loss of availability for the service. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-21 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-0523.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-21 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-0559.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-16 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1464.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-12-31 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200712-19.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
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| 2024-11-28 23:15:35 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:14:14 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:20:54 |
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| 2018-10-16 00:19:22 |
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| 2017-08-08 09:23:46 |
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| 2016-06-28 17:06:42 |
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| 2016-04-26 16:54:07 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:42:56 |
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| 2013-05-11 10:44:20 |
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