Debian Security Advisory DSA 1464-1 (syslog-ng) addresses a vulnerability in the syslog-ng logging daemon, which could lead to denial of service and the disguise of subsequent attacks through malformed timestamps
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 22 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Fedora 8 : syslog-ng-2.0.7-1.fc8 (2008-0523) | 21 Jan 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-1464-1 : syslog-ng - NULL pointer dereference | 16 Jan 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 7 : syslog-ng-2.0.7-1.fc7 (2008-0559) | 21 Jan 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-200712-19 : Syslog-ng: Denial of Service | 31 Dec 200700:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-19 (syslog-ng) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for syslog-ng FEDORA-2008-0559 | 17 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200712-19 (syslog-ng) | 24 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for syslog-ng FEDORA-2008-0559 | 17 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1464-1) | 31 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for syslog-ng FEDORA-2008-0523 | 17 Feb 200900:00 | – | openvas |
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_1464_1.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $
# Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 1464-1 (syslog-ng)
#
# Authors:
# Thomas Reinke <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "Oriol Carreras discovered that syslog-ng, a next generation logging
daemon can be tricked into dereferencing a NULL pointer through
malformed timestamps, which can lead to denial of service and the
disguise of an subsequent attack, which would otherwise be logged.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.6-1.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.0.0-1etch1.
The old stable distribution (sarge) is not affected.
We recommend that you upgrade your syslog-ng package.";
tag_summary = "The remote host is missing an update to syslog-ng
announced via advisory DSA 1464-1.";
tag_solution = "https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201464-1";
if(description)
{
script_id(60207);
script_version("$Revision: 6616 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-07 14:10:49 +0200 (Fri, 07 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-31 16:11:48 +0100 (Thu, 31 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6437");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 1464-1 (syslog-ng)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
#
# The script code starts here
#
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"syslog-ng", ver:"2.0.0-1etch1", rls:"DEB4.0")) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if (report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}
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