#VU65262 Resource exhaustion in WinSyslog - CVE-2003-1518
Published: July 13, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65262
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
WinSyslog
WinSyslog
Software vendor:
Adiscon GmbH
Adiscon GmbH
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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.