PT-2007-5029 · Policyd · Policyd

Published 2007-07-15 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2007-3791

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 policyd versions prior to 1.81

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the w read function in sockets.c, which can be triggered by remote attackers sending long SMTP commands. This could lead to a denial of service and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.81, update to version 1.81 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of SMTP commands to prevent exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-3791

DSA-1361-1

Affected Products

Policyd

References · 10

• http://debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1361 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26021 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3791 · Security Note
• http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Fbranches%2Fv1.8x%2Fsockets.c&rev=0&sc=0&isdir=0 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=522366 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26649 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35394 · Note
• http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsockets.c&rev=4&sc=0 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/38091 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/24899 · Note