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CVE-2005-1061: logwatch

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-1061
Published 21-04-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1061 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in logwatch. EPSS estimates a 3.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.07% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    Logwatch 2.6 Secure Script - Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat2 products
Debian1 product
  • logwatch< 5.0-1
Logwatch1 product

3 vendors · 4 products

References

3 links