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CVE-2005-1514 Details

Description

commands.c 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 long SMTP command without a space character, which causes an array to be referenced with a negative index.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html	CVE
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911	CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/	CVE
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692	CVE
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html	CVE	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-05/0101.html	[email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157805/Qualys-Security-Advisory-Qmail-Remote-Code-Execution.html	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/42	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013911	[email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00002.html	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-01	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4556-1/	[email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4692	[email protected]
http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/8	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/20/2	[email protected]

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
dan bernstein qmail	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:dan_bernstein:qmail:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 5, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 27, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 4, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 24, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 22, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 22, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 20, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 20, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 12, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]