CVE-2003-1066

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-1066
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Sunos - All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Sun Solaris syslogd Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
#55440: syslogd(1M) Does Not Properly Handle Large syslog(3C) Packets and May Allow an Unprivileged User to Cause a Denial of Service java.lang.NullPointerException af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Vendor Advisory
Sun Solaris Syslogd UDP Packet Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
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