Is CVE-2005-1824 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-1824 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-1824?

CVE-2005-1824 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-1824?

CVE-2005-1824 has an EPSS score of 1.08% (61th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1824?

Upgrade mailutils on debian 11 to 1:0.6.1-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-1824

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The sql_escape_string function in auth/sql.c for the mailutils SQL authentication module does not properly quote the "\" (backslash) character, which is used as an escape character and makes the module vulnerable to SQL injection attacks.

How to fix

Remediation Available

mailutilsDebian

Fixed in:1:0.6.1-2CVE-2005-1824

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

1.08%probability of exploitation in 30 days

61stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 61% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugs.debian.org

Other references1

gentoo.org

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