CVE-2003-1518 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Adiscon WinSyslog 4.21 SP1, where a remote attacker can consume excessive CPU resources by sending a specially crafted, long syslog message. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a critical impact with complete availability loss, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.21_sp1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adiscon:winsyslog:4.21_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0_betaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:adiscon:winsyslog:5.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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