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CVE-2007-6437 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28118 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28118 Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28279
http://secunia.com/advisories/28279
http://secunia.com/advisories/28372
http://secunia.com/advisories/28372
http://secunia.com/advisories/28483
http://secunia.com/advisories/28483
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464
http://www.osvdb.org/39551
http://www.osvdb.org/39551
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6437
NVD Published Date:
12/19/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE
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