CVE-2005-1127

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1127
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the log function in Net::Server 0.87 and earlier, as used in Postfix Greylisting Policy Server (Postgrey) 1.18 and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers that are not properly handled before being sent to syslog, as demonstrated using sender addresses to Postgrey.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Postgrey Postgrey 1.17 All All All
Application Postgrey Postgrey 1.18 All All All
Application Postgrey Postgrey All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for net-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Postgrey Format String Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch
Net::Server Log Format String Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1121-1 postgrey af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
www.osvdb.org/15517 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Net::Server: Format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
[postgrey] Problem with crashing postgrey af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.ee.ethz.ch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1122-1 libnet-server-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Rob Brown Net-Server Perl Module Logging Function Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian update for libnet-server-perl - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[postgrey] ANNOUNCE: Postgrey 1.21 (SECURITY) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.ee.ethz.ch Patch
[postgrey] Re: Problem with crashing postgrey af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.ee.ethz.ch
Debian update for postgrey - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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