PT-2005-5260 · Flex+2 · Flex+2

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2005-4592

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions bogofilter version 0.96.2 bogolexer version 0.96.2

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow that can be triggered by remote attackers. This occurs when the software processes words that exceed the length of the input buffer used by flex, potentially leading to a denial of service (crash) and possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For bogofilter version 0.96.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue. For bogolexer version 0.96.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the input length to prevent the buffer overflow until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4592

Affected Products

Bogofilter

Bogolexer

Flex

References · 11

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16171 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18352 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4592 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4592 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4592 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://bogofilter.sourceforge.net/security/bogofilter-SA-2005-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4592 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0100 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24119 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18717 · Note