CVE-2005-1061

Medium

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."

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductLogwatch
PublishedMay 2, 2005
First seenMay 2, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
logwatch logwatch2.6.2—
redhat enterprise_linux2.1—
redhat linux_advanced_workstation2.1—

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CVE-2005-1061 · Logwatch · Dark Radar