CVE-2001-0738 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) by causing null bytes to be placed in log messages.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Immunix	Immunix

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:immunix:immunix:7.0_beta:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-026-01
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99258618906506&w=2
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/249579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7098

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:06.100Z

Reserved: 2001-10-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2001-0738

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-10-18T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2001-0738

Redhat

No data.

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