CVE-2007-6437

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 5.18% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173
http://secunia.com/advisories/28279 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28118 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28483 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28372 third party advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/39551 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6437?
CVE-2007-6437 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6437?
To fix CVE-2007-6437, 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-2007-6437 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6437 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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