Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New postgrey packages fix denial of service |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-1121 | First vendor Publication | 2006-07-24 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2006-07-24 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Peter Bieringer discovered that postgrey, an greylisting implementation for Postfix, is vulnerable to a format string attack that allows remote attackers to the daemon. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.21-1sarge1. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has also been fixed in version 1.21-1volatile4 in the volatile archive. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.22-1. We recommend that you upgrade your postgrey package. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1121 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-10-10 | Name : SLES9: Security update for perl-Net-Server File : nvt/sles9p5020679.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200608-18 (net-server) File : nvt/glsa_200608_18.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1121-1 (postgrey) File : nvt/deb_1121_1.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1122-1 (libnet-server-perl) File : nvt/deb_1122_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 15517 | Net::Server Logging Function Format String DoS Postgrey contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is due to a format string error in syslog/printf functions. By sending a mail with a specially crafted sender address, an attacker can crash the service, resulting in loss of availability for the platform. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_10270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1121.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1122.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-08-14 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200608-18.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:26:01 |
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