CVE-2002-1200

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Summary

CVECVE-2002-1200
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-10-28 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LinuxSecurity.com: EnGarde: syslog-ng buffer overflow (UPDATED) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linuxsecurity.com Third Party Advisory
www.balabit.hu/static/zsa/ZSA-2002-014-en.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.balabit.hu Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Third Party Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br Broken Link
Syslog-ng Macro Expansion Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-175-1 syslog-ng af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: syslogng-macro-expansion-bo (10339): syslog-ng macro expansion buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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