CVE-2005-1061

The secure script in LogWatch before 2.6-2 allows attackers to prevent LogWatch from detecting malicious activity via certain strings in the secure file that are later used as part of a regular expression, which causes the parser to crash, aka "logwatch log processing regular expression DoS."

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-364.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla-old/show_bug.cgi?id=137502

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:logwatch:logwatch:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::enterprise_server:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::workstation:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1::itanium:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::advanced_server:::::

Information

Published : 2005-05-01 21:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 13:48

NVD link : CVE-2005-1061

Mitre link : CVE-2005-1061

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

redhat

linux_advanced_workstation
enterprise_linux

logwatch

logwatch

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