CVE-2001-0738

The CVE-2001-0738 issue affects the Linux kernel logging daemon klogd (sysklogd 1.3) across various distributions. A NULL byte in log messages can cause klogd to enter an infinite loop and hang, effectively a denial-of-service. Root cause cited is klogd’s LogLine handling of NULL bytes in input. ...

CVE-2001-0738: Undefined Security Weakness

LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service hang by causing null bytes to be placed in log messages...