| Name | CVE-2005-4592 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in bogofilter and bogolexer 0.96.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via words that are longer than the input buffer used by flex. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| bogofilter (PTS) | trixie, sid, bookworm, bullseye | 1.2.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| bogofilter | source | sarge | (not affected) | | | |
| bogofilter | source | (unstable) | 0.96.3 | | | |
Notes
[sarge] - bogofilter <not-affected> (Only some 0.96 CVS versions were affected)