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CVE-2005-1127

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1127 describes a format string vulnerability in the log function of Net::Server 0.87 and earlier, impacting products like Postfix Greylisting Policy Server (Postgrey) 1.18 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by injecting format string specifiers into data, such as sender addresses, which are then improperly handled before being sent to syslog. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a potential availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgrey:postgrey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgrey:postgrey:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgrey:postgrey:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0270 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.ee.ethz.ch / postgrey/msg00627.html
lists.ee.ethz.ch / postgrey/msg00630.html
lists.ee.ethz.ch / postgrey/msg00647.html
Patch
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/14958
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/21149
secunia.com / advisories/21152
secunia.com / advisories/21164
secunia.com / advisories/21452
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/20108
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1121
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1122
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-18.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 15517
securityfocus.com / bid/13193