Description
LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) by causing null bytes to be placed in log messages.
References
- IMNX-2001-70-026-01 vendor-advisory
- VU#249579 third-party-advisory
- klogd-null-byte-dos(7098) vdb-entry
- 20010614 sysklogd update -- Immunix OS 6.2, 7.0-beta, 7.0 mailing-list