CVE-2002-1200

NameCVE-2002-1200
DescriptionBalabit Syslog-NG 1.4.x before 1.4.15, and 1.5.x before 1.5.20, when using template filenames or output, does not properly track the size of a buffer when constant characters are encountered during macro expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-175

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
syslog-ng (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye3.28.1-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm3.38.1-5fixed
sid, trixie4.4.0-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
syslog-ngsourcewoody1.5.15-1.1DSA-175
syslog-ngsource(unstable)1.5.21-1

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