VUPEN Security - ELOG "global" Logbook URL Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : ELOG "global" Logbook URL Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4423
CVE ID : CVE-2006-6318
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2006-11-10

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A vulnerability has been identified in ELOG, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This flaw is due to a NULL pointer dereference error when handling a specially crafted URL with a logbook set to "global", which could be exploited by malicious users to crash a vulnerable application, creating a denial of service condition.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Jayesh KS and Arun Kethipelly

ChangeLog

2006-11-10 : Initial release

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