syslog-ng crash by message with invalid timestamp separator
Published Dec 19, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.0.6
- ≤ 2.1.8
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No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.35% (0.03348) | 88.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.35% (0.03348) | 87.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.18% (0.05183) | 88.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.10% (0.07104) | 85.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 5.18% (0.05183) | 88.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 87.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 20.71% (0.20712) | 96.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 35.59% (0.35587) | 97.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 14, 2024 | 43.40% (0.43403) | 97.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 49.66% (0.49661) | 97.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 17, 2023 | 55.74% (0.55744) | 97.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 54.07% (0.54074) | 97.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28118 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28279 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28372 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28483 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.osvdb.org/39551 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-6437 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6437
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6437
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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