CVE-2005-1061

security flaw

Published Apr 21, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.1% KEV · Not listed
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."

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1064 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."
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:35 PM
Reserved
Apr 12, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 2, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:12 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 28, 2004, 12:00 AM