CVE-2005-1127
Format string vulnerability in the log function in Net::Server 0.87 and earlier, as used in Postfix Greylisting Policy Server (Postgrey)…
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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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- GLSA-200608-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-1122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 21452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [postgrey] 20050414 Re: Problem with crashing postgrey (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 15517 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21164 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050415 Use of function "log" in Perl module Net::Server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 21152 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [postgrey] 20050414 Problem with crashing postgrey (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 21149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [postgrey] 20050414 ANNOUNCE: Postgrey 1.21 (SECURITY) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- postgrey-logging-dos(20108) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 14958 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:131 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 13193 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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