CVE-2007-3791 (GCVE-0-2007-3791)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-07-15 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 14:28
VLAI?
Summary
Buffer overflow in the w_read function in sockets.c in Cami Sardinha and Nigel Kukard policyd before 1.81 for Postfix allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via long SMTP commands. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php?repname=P… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/26021 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24899 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/26649 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php?repname=… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1361 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://osvdb.org/38091 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?rele… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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