CVE-2007-3791

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-07-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the w_read function in sockets.c in Cami Sardinha and Nigel Kukard policyd before 1.81 for Postfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMTP commands. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Policyd: 1.70, 1.71, 1.72, 1.73, 1.74, 1.75 (+5)

References

http://osvdb.org/38091
http://secunia.com/advisories/26021
http://secunia.com/advisories/26649
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=522366
http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsockets.c&rev=4&sc=0
http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Fbranches%2Fv1.8x%2Fsockets.c&rev=0&sc=0&isdir=0
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1361
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24899
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35394
http://osvdb.org/38091
http://secunia.com/advisories/26021
http://secunia.com/advisories/26649

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