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Status published
Medium
CVE-2005-1514
commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with...
Vulnerability Description
commands.c in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html
- http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/
Affected Vendor
dan bernstein
View all reports →Affected Software
qmail
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 11th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.