CVE-2000-1165 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the syslog-ng service by sending malformed log messages, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-1165?
CVE-2000-1165 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 May 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Balabit syslog-ng allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed log message that does not have a closing > in the priority specifier.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1165?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Balabit Syslog-Ng.
How do I fix CVE-2000-1165?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1165 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2000-1165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-1165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mmr3-95wm-r9wh.