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.

The EPSS score is 0.0158.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

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:::::::*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Debian Subscribe	Debian Linux Subscribe
Immunix Subscribe	Immunix Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2001-0723	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T10:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2001-10-12T04:00:00.000Z

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

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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