klogd buffer overflow

Heap overflow...

RedHat Linux 5.0/5.1/5.2 / Slackware Linux 3.5 - 'klogd' Local Buffer Overflow (1)

// source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/398/info It is possible to cause a denial of service remote and local through generating old, obscure kernel messages not terminated with \n in klogd. The problem exists because of a buffer overflow in the klogd handling of kernel messages. It is...