CVE-2005-2070

Published: Jun 29, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

Description

The ClamAV Mail fILTER (clamav-milter) 0.84 through 0.85d, when used in Sendmail using long timeouts, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by keeping an open connection, which prevents ClamAV from reloading.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

sendmail sendmail

On-prem

Communications / email-server-client

n/a n/a

sendmailoss-projectCommunicationsaka sendmail switch, advanced message server

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Jun/0197.html

seclists.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737

debian.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.html

novell.com

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Timeline

Published

Jun 29, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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