CVE-2005-1391

HIGH 7.5CVE-2005-1391 · Published 03/05/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-1391 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting pound (apsis).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 6.1%, higher than 93.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pound apsis	`= 1.8.2`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the add_port function in APSIS Pound 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Host HTTP header.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/15142
secunia.com/advisories/15202
secunia.com/advisories/15679
secunia.com/advisories/18381
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-29.xml
securitytracker.com/id
apsis.ch/pound/pound_list/archive/2005/2005-04/1114516112000 · Exploit
debian.org/security/2005/dsa-934
osvdb.org/15963 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/13436 · Patch
vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0437
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20316

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