Denial of service in Adiscon WinSyslog

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU65262

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2003-1518

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion via a long syslog message and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

WinSyslog: 3.7 SP1 - 5.0 beta

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:adiscon_gmbh:winsyslog:3.7:SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:adiscon_gmbh:winsyslog:4.2:SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:adiscon_gmbh:winsyslog:4.21 sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13428

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.