CVE-2006-6318
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…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 22 days later
· 22 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- ADV-2006-4423 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=397875 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 23580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017450 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- DSA-1242 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 22800 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 2060 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 21028 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20061112 ELOG Web Logbook Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20061113 ELOG Web Logbook Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-6301 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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