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CVE-2007-6437
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.3%
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- mitre
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 26897 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0523 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20071217 ZSA-2007-029: syslog-ng Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1464 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4257 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28279 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28118 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28483 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1019105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 28372 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 39551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- GLSA-200712-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-0559 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20071217 Re: [syslog-ng] ZSA-2007-029: syslog-ng Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- syslogng-timestamp-dos(39082) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
Record last updated .