CVE-2007-3791

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-3791
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-15 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the w_read function in sockets.c in Cami Sardinha and Nigel Kukard policyd before 1.81 for Postfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMTP commands. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Policyd Policyd 1.70 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.71 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.72 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.73 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.74 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.75 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.76 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.77 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.78 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.79 All All All
Application Policyd Policyd 1.80 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1361-1 postfix-policyd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
policyd "read_w()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/38091 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.linuxrulz.org
Debian update for postfix-policyd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.linuxrulz.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
policyd W_Read Function Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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