CVE-2008-6058

Summary

CVECVE-2008-6058
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-05 00:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSyslserve 1.058 and earlier, and probably 1.059, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted UDP Syslog packet.

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: CWE-20 | 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
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.01 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.02 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.03 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.04 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.05 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.051 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.052 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.053 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.054 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.055 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.056 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve 1.058 All All All
Application Syslserve Syslserve All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Syslserve Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Syslserve UDP Request Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Syslserve Changelog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.syslserve.com
www.princeofnigeria.org/blogs/index.php/2009/01/15/syslserve-1-058-denial-of-service-... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.princeofnigeria.org URL Repurposed
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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