GLSA 200712-19: Syslog-ng: Denial of Service
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Syslog-ng: Denial of Service |
| Date: | 12/29/2007 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 200712-19 |
Synopsis
A Denial of Service vulnerability has been discovered in Syslog-ng.Background
Syslog-ng is a flexible and scalable system logger.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| app-admin/syslog-ng | < 2.0.6 | >= 2.0.6 | All supported architectures |
Description
Oriol Carreras reported a NULL pointer dereference in the log_msg_parse() function when processing timestamps without a terminating whitespace character.
Impact
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted event to a vulnerable Syslog-ng server, resulting in a crash.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Syslog-ng users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/syslog-ng-2.0.6"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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