CVE-2006-6318

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The show_elog_list function in elogd.c in elog 2.6.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting to access a logbook whose name begins with "global," which results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Stefan Ritt Elog Web Logbook: through 2.6.2; 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+15)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0198.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=397875
http://secunia.com/advisories/22800
http://secunia.com/advisories/23580
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2060
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017450
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1242
http://www.osvdb.org/30272
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451351
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21028
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4423
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-11/0198.html

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