Unscored severity · published May 2, 2005
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 that are later used as…
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CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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."
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
2.1; 2.1; 2.1 · source: NVD
LA
Linux Advanced Workstation · Redhat
2.1 · source: NVD
LO
Logwatch · Logwatch
2.6.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1061
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1061
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-364.html
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla-old/show_bug.cgi?id=137502
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