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CVE-2005-1061

Published: Apr 21, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.1%
Top 14.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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."

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
logwatchlogwatch
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux advanced workstationredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
logwatchoss-projectEnterprise Software
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-364.html
redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla-old/show_bug.cgi?id=137502
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-364.html
rhn.redhat.com

Timeline

Published
Apr 21, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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