PT-2005-1105 · Netqmail+2 · Qmail+2

Georgi Guninski · Published 2005-05-11 · Updated 2020-11-05 · CVE-2005-1515

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions qmail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an integer signedness error in the qmail put and substdio put functions of qmail. This error can be exploited by remote attackers, particularly when qmail is running on 64-bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory. The exploitation can occur via a large number of SMTP RCPT TO commands, potentially leading to a denial of service and possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is also associated with uncontrolled resource consumption.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-03967

CVE-2005-1515

DLA-2234-1

DSA-4692-1

USN-4556-1

USN-4621-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Qmail

References · 44

• 🔥 http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-3812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/netqmail · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4621-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4556-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2234-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-03973 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2005-1515 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1515 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1513 · Vendor Advisory