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CVE-2001-0738 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux d)

LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) by causing null bytes to be placed in log messages.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0738
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-10-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionLogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) by causing null bytes to be placed in log messages.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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