National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-6058
Original release date:02/05/2009
Last revised:02/05/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Syslserve 1.058 and earlier, and probably 1.059, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted UDP Syslog packet.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.syslserve.com/changelog.html
External Source: BID
Name: 33311
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.princeofnigeria.org/blogs/index.php/2009/01/15/syslserve-1-058-denial-of-service-vulner
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33566
Type: Advisory