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CVE-2008-6058

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

• Syslserve: through 1.059; 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, 1.051 (+6)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/33566
• http://www.princeofnigeria.org/blogs/index.php/2009/01/15/syslserve-1-058-denial-of-service-vulner
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33311
• http://www.syslserve.com/changelog.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33566
• http://www.princeofnigeria.org/blogs/index.php/2009/01/15/syslserve-1-058-denial-of-service-vulner
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33311
• http://www.syslserve.com/changelog.html

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