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CVE-2005-0373

Published: Feb 13, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.9%
Top 10.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Buffer overflow in digestmd5.c CVS release 1.170 (also referred to as digestmda5.c), as used in the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL but not in any official releases, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

suse
commercial·DE
suse cvsupOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
cyrus
oss-projectaka cyrus imapd, cyrus imap, imapd, sasl
saslOn-prem
Communications / email-server-client
openpkg
oss-project
openpkgOn-prem
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
conectiva
oss-project
linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
apple
commercial·USaka apple computer, apple inc.
mac os x serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
and 3 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/print42495.html
linuxcompatible.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:054
mandriva.com
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