Description
The show_elog_list function in elogd.c in elog 2.6.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting to access a logbook whose name begins with "global," which results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Published: 2006-12-28
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 3.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1242-1 New elog packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-6301 The show_elog_list function in elogd.c in elog 2.6.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting to access a logbook whose name begins with "global," which results in a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:19:35.184Z

Reserved: 2006-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6318

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-28T20:28:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-6318

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