CVE-2002-1200

Summary

CVECVE-2002-1200
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-28 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-19 19:33:00 UTC
DescriptionBalabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during macro expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.0 rc3 All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.10 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.15 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.7 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.8 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.9 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.5.15 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.5.20 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.0 rc3 All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.10 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.15 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.7 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.8 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.4.9 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.5.15 All All All
Application Oneidentity Syslog-ng 1.5.20 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-175-1 syslog-ng DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
www.balabit.hu/static/zsa/ZSA-2002-014-en.txt CONFIRM www.balabit.hu Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Syslog-ng Macro Expansion Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages SUSE www.novell.com Third Party Advisory
20021010 syslog-ng buffer overflow BUGTRAQ marc.info Third Party Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: syslogng-macro-expansion-bo (10339): syslog-ng macro expansion buffer overflow XF www.iss.net Third Party Advisory
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br Broken Link
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: syslog-ng buffer overflow (UPDATED) ENGARDE www.linuxsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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