CVE-2002-1200
Balabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during
02 Description
Balabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-10-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0034938217167c064845223bff3bf744fdd64d3d37d7431f85616f4cc48360ac
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.balabit.huhttp://www.balabit.hu/static/zsa/ZSA-2002-014-en.txt
- www.securityfocus.com5934http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5934
- www.linuxsecurity.comESA-20021029-028http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2513.html
- www.iss.netsyslogng-macro-expansion-bo(10339)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10339.php
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2002:039http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_039_syslog_ng.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2002:547http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000547
- marc.info20021010 syslog-ng buffer overflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103426595021928&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-175http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-175
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- syslog-ng Fixed in 1.5.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- syslog-ng Fixed in 1.5.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- syslog-ng Fixed in 1.5.21-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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