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Postgrey Format String Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14958
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Release Date:
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2005-04-15
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Last Update:
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2005-04-18
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Popularity:
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8,304 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Postgrey 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1127
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Description:
Stefan Schmidt has reported a vulnerability in Postgrey, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the logging functionality. This can be exploited to crash a vulnerable service by sending a mail with a specially crafted sender address.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.16, 1.17 and 1.18. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.2.1:
http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/postgrey/pub/postgrey-1.21.tar.gz
Provided and/or discovered by:
Stefan Schmidt
Changelog:
2005-04-18: Added CVE reference.
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