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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2008-6058

Medium
5/10

Summary

Syslserve 1.058 and earlier, and probably 1.059, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via a crafted UDP Syslog packet.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published