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CVE-2005-0373

Published: Feb 13, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.9%
Top 11.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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

n/an/a
saslcyrus
On-prem
Communications / email-server-client
openpkgopenpkg
On-prem
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
suse cvsupsuse
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxconectiva
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
cyrusoss-projectCommunicationsaka cyrus imap, imapd, sasl, cyrus imapd
openpkgoss-projectDevTools & CI
susecommercialDEOperating Systems
conectivaoss-projectOperating Systems
and 5 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.linuxcompatible.org/print42495.html
linuxcompatible.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:054
mandriva.com
http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/ports/0407/msg00265.html
monkey.org
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Feb 13, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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