CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1513

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2005-05-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2005-05-11
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses: CWE-190

Description

Integer overflow in the stralloc_readyplus function in qmail, when running on 64 bit platforms with a large amount of virtual memory, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large SMTP request.

Affected configurations

• qmail project qmail • canonical ubuntu linux 20.04 • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0 • debian debian linux 10.0

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html Broken Link, Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158203/Qmail-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/RenderDoc-1.26-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/27 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html Broken Link, Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/5 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/16/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/06/3 Exploit, Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html Broken Link, Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158203/Qmail-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172804/RenderDoc-1.26-Local-Privilege-Escalation-Remote-Code-Execution.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/27 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911 Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html Broken Link, Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/5 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/16/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/06/3 Exploit, Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory