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CVE-2005-1061

nvd nist
Published: May 2, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

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."

Affected (5)

1 product
Logwatch
2 products
Enterprise Linux
Linux Advanced Workstation
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 2.6.2
Configuration B
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Redhat
Version 2.1
Version 2.1
Version 2.1
Version 2.1

References (4)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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