CVE-2005-1127

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2005-1127 · Published 02/05/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-1127 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting postgrey (postgrey).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.7%, higher than 86.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
postgrey postgrey	`= 1.17= 1.18≤ 1.16`	No fix yet

Description

Format 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.

References

lists.ee.ethz.ch/postgrey/msg00627.html
lists.ee.ethz.ch/postgrey/msg00630.html
lists.ee.ethz.ch/postgrey/msg00647.html · Patch
marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/14958 · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/21149
secunia.com/advisories/21152
secunia.com/advisories/21164
secunia.com/advisories/21452
debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1121
debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1122
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-18.xml
mandriva.com/security/advisories
osvdb.org/15517
securityfocus.com/bid/13193
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20108

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