CVE-2005-2070

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2070
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-29 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 20:50:00 UTC
DescriptionThe ClamAV Mail fILTER (clamav-milter) 0.84 through 0.85d, when used in Sendmail using long timeouts, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by keeping an open connection, which prevents ClamAV from reloading.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta10 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta12 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta16 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta5 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta7 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.11 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.8.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.10.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.11.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta10 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta12 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta16 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta5 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12 beta7 All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.10 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.11 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.3 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.4 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.5 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.6 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.7 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.12.9 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.8.8 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.0 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.1 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.2 All All All
Application Sendmail Sendmail 8.9.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Sendmail Milter Remote Denial Of Service Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-737-1 clamav DEBIAN www.debian.org
Bugtraq: long sendmail timeouts let attacker prevent milter quiesce BUGTRAQ seclists.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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