CVE-2005-1514
commands.c 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 long SMTP
02 Description
commands.c 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 long SMTP
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-11 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- fab027ba1a5001360979681076e9cf30bea30dc636b11e136d2edeb24c401bd8
05 Affected products
06 References
- archives.neohapsis.com20050506 64 bit qmail funhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html
- www.guninski.comhttp://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html
- securitytracker.com1013911http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200519 Remote Code Execution in qmail (CVE-2005-1513)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200520 Re: Remote Code Execution in qmail (CVE-2005-1513)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2
- seclists.org20200522 Remote Code Execution in qmail (CVE-2005-1513)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4692https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200604 [SECURITY] [DLA 2234-1] netqmail security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202007-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4556-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- netqmail Fixed in 1.06-6.2~deb10u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- netqmail Fixed in 1.06-6.2~deb10u1build0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- netqmail Fixed in 1.06-6.2~deb10u1build0.20.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- netqmail Fixed in 1.06-6.2~deb10u1build0.14.04.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.