CVE-2002-1200

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Balabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during macro expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

OneIdentity Syslog-Ng: 1.4.0-rc3, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4.15 (+2)

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000547
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103426595021928&w=2
http://www.balabit.hu/static/zsa/ZSA-2002-014-en.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-175
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10339.php
http://www.linuxsecurity.com/advisories/other_advisory-2513.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_039_syslog_ng.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5934
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000547
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103426595021928&w=2
http://www.balabit.hu/static/zsa/ZSA-2002-014-en.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-175

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