Is CVE-2005-1061 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1061 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1061?

CVE-2005-1061 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1061?

CVE-2005-1061 has an EPSS score of 3.07% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1061?

Upgrade logwatch on debian 11 to 5.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1061

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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."

How to fix

Remediation Available

logwatchDebian

Fixed in:5.0-1CVE-2005-1061

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.07%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

redhat.com

Other references1

bugzilla.redhat.com

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