Description
elog before 2.5.7 r1558-4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite redirection) via a request with the fail parameter set to 1, which redirects to the same request.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 3.1 | elog | 2.5.7+r1558-4+sarge2 | DSA-967-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-967-1 elog - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 16579 vdb-entry
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=349528
- 18783 third-party-advisory
- http://savannah.psi.ch/viewcvs/trunk/src/elogd.c?root=elog&rev=1487&view=diff&r1=1487&r2=1486&p1=trunk/src/elogd.c&p2=/trunk/src/elogd.c
- elog-fail-redirect-dos(24707) vdb-entry
- DSA-967 vendor-advisory