FKIE_CVE-2007-6437

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-19 21:46 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:48
Severity
Summary
Balabit syslog-ng 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a message with a timestamp that does not contain a trailing space, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28118Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28279
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28372
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28483
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1019105
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/39551
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28118Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28279
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28372
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28483
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/39551
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
balabit syslog-ng_open_source_edition *
balabit syslog-ng_premium_edition *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:48:05.137",
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