Multiple format string vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an entry with an attachment whose name contains format string specifiers (el_submit function), and possibly other vectors in the (2) receive_config, (3) show_rss_feed, (4) show_elog_list, (5) show_logbook_node, and (6) server_loop functions.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 23580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1242 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 20876 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• elog-elsubmit-format-string(29987) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 22638 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-4315 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392016 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 20:04 UTC.