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...
- Published
- Apr 21, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Apr 20, 2005
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 87.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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."
Sources
1anonymous · linux · Apr 20, 2005
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