CVE-2005-1127

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the log function in Net::Server 0.87 and earlier, as used in Postfix Greylisting Policy Server (Postgrey) 1.18 and earlier, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers that are not properly handled before being sent to syslog, as demonstrated using sender addresses to Postgrey.

Affected products

Postgrey: through 1.16; 1.17, 1.18

References

http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/postgrey/msg00627.html
http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/postgrey/msg00630.html
http://lists.ee.ethz.ch/postgrey/msg00647.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111354538331167&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14958
http://secunia.com/advisories/21149
http://secunia.com/advisories/21152
http://secunia.com/advisories/21164
http://secunia.com/advisories/21452
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1121
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1122
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-18.xml

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