CVE-2005-4591 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Email Filter

6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
4.9%
top 10.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
BogofilterBogofilter Email Filter
Timeline
PublishedDec 31
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0.96.2, 0.95.2, 0.94.14, 0.94.12, and other versions from 0.93.5 to 0.96.2, when using Unicode databases, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via "invalid input sequences" that lead to heap corruption when bogofilter or bogolexer converts character sets.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianbogofilter/bogofilter< 0.96.3+3
▶NVDbogofilter/email_filter5 versions+4

Patches

Patch: bogofilter.sourceforge.net ↗Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-p38p-vq33-v625: Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2005-4591: Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0↗2006-01-09
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OSV
CVE-2005-4591: Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0↗2005-12-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
bogofilter vulnerability↗2006-01-12
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Debian
CVE-2005-4591: bogofilter - Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter 0.96.2, 0.95.2, 0.94.14, 0.94.12, and o...↗2005
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