CVE-2007-6437 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Balabit syslog-ng versions 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.8. A remote attacker can crash the syslog-ng service by sending a malformed message with a timestamp lacking a trailing space, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:balabit:syslog-ng_open_source_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.1.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:balabit:syslog-ng_premium_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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