# CVE-2007-6437: Balabit syslog-ng 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a message with

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2007-12-19 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Balabit syslog-ng 2.0.x before 2.0.6 and 2.1.x before 2.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a message with a timestamp that does not contain a trailing space, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28279
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28483
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28372
- http://www.osvdb.org/39551
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082

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