CVE-2006-0597

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in elogd.c in elog before 2.5.7 r1558-4 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute code via long "revision attributes".

Affected products

Stefan Ritt Elog Web Logbook: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+12)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/0001-r1333-Fixed-crashes-with-very-long-revisions-attributes.txt?bug=349528%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=1
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349528
http://secunia.com/advisories/18783
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24704
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/0001-r1333-Fixed-crashes-with-very-long-revisions-attributes.txt?bug=349528%3Bmsg=15%3Batt=1
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349528
http://secunia.com/advisories/18783
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-967
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16579
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24704

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