Description
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an entry with an attachment whose name contains format string specifiers (el_submit function), and possibly other vectors in the (2) receive_config, (3) show_rss_feed, (4) show_elog_list, (5) show_logbook_node, and (6) server_loop functions.
Published: 2006-11-07
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1242-1 New elog packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-5774 Multiple format string vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an entry with an attachment whose name contains format string specifiers (el_submit function), and possibly other vectors in the (2) receive_config, (3) show_rss_feed, (4) show_elog_list, (5) show_logbook_node, and (6) server_loop functions.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:04:55.583Z

Reserved: 2006-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5790

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-07T23:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5790

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