CVE-2006-6318

Public Exploit

Description

The show_elog_list function in elogd.c in elog 2.6.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting to access a logbook whose name begins with "global," which results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.63% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4423	vdb entry
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=397875	patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/23580	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017450	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/30272	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1242	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22800	third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2060	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21028	patch vdb entry
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0198.html	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451351	vendor advisory mailing list exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6318?: CVE-2006-6318 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6318?: To fix CVE-2006-6318, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-6318 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-6318 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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