CVE-2002-1889

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2002-1889 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-1889 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting logsurfer (logsurfer).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
logsurfer logsurfer	`= 1.41= 1.5= 1.5a`	No fix yet

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the context_action function in context.c of Logsurfer 1.41 through 1.5a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed log entry.

References

ftp.cert.dfn.de/pub/tools/audit/logsurfer/logsurfer.README.asc
online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/294131
iss.net/security_center/static/10287.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/5898 · Patch

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