CVE-2005-1513

CRITICAL

qmail - Integer Overflow in stralloc_readyplus via Large SMTP Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jun/27
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/
Exploit, Mailing List mailing-list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/06/06/3
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jun/2

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1079
EPSS Percentile 95.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
qmail_project/qmail
Published May 11, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026