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CVE-2001-0738: LogLine function in klogd in sysklogd 1.3 in various Linux distributions allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (hang) by causing…

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 85.4% of all records.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Oct 18, 2001
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
2.5% · 85th percentile
CWE
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.5%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
immuniximmunix
debiandebian linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • debian debian linux1.3
  • debian debian linux2.2
  • immunix immunix6.2
  • immunix immunix7.0
  • immunix immunix7.0_beta

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2002-0083Off-by-one error in the channel code of OpenSSH 2.0 through 3.0.2 allows local users or remote malicious servers to gain privileges.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2002-1565Buffer overflow in url_filename function for wget 1.8.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly…
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2000-1208Format string vulnerability in startprinting() function of printjob.c in BSD-based lpr lpd package may allow local users to gain privileges…
    28Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2001-0170Mar 26, 2001 · glibc 2.1.9x and earlier does not properly clear the RESOLV_HOST_CONF, HOSTALIASES, or RES_OPTIONS environmental variables when executing…
    8Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2001-0641Sep 20, 2001 · Buffer overflow in man program in various distributions of Linux allows local user to execute arbitrary code as group man via a long -S…
    18Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2001-0736Oct 18, 2001 · Vulnerability in (1) pine before 4.33 and (2) the pico editor, included with pine, allows local users local users to overwrite arbitrary…
    8Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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