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CVE-2005-2070

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-06-29 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Sendmail: 8.8.8, 8.9.0, 8.9.1, 8.9.2, 8.9.3, 8.10 (+27)

References

• http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Jun/0197.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14047
• http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Jun/0197.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14047

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