Description
The secure script in LogWatch before 2.6-2 allows attackers to prevent LogWatch from detecting malicious activity via certain strings in the secure file that are later used as part of a regular expression, which causes the parser to crash, aka "logwatch log processing regular expression DoS."
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2005-1064 | The secure script in LogWatch before 2.6-2 allows attackers to prevent LogWatch from detecting malicious activity via certain strings in the secure file that are later used as part of a regular expression, which causes the parser to crash, aka "logwatch log processing regular expression DoS." |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T21:35:59.921Z
Reserved: 2005-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2005-1061
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Status : Modified
Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2005-1061
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD