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CVE-2007-6437 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173	CVE
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28118	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28279	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28372	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/28483	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/39551	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426173	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2007/Dec/0202.html	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28118	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28279	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28372	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/28483	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-19.xml	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019105	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39082	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00606.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00610.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1464	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/39551	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485181/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26897	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4257	[email protected]

see all 32 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
balabit syslog-ng open source edition	<= 2.0.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:balabit:syslog-ng_open_source_edition:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
balabit syslog-ng premium edition	<= 2.1.8
CPE cpe:2.3:a:balabit:syslog-ng_premium_edition:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 20, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]