Buffer overflow in the w_read function in sockets.c in Cami Sardinha and Nigel Kukard policyd before 1.81 for Postfix allows remote…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/log.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Fbranches%2Fv1.8x%2Fsockets.c&rev=0&sc=0&isdir=0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 26021 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24899 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 26649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://svn.linuxrulz.org/WebSVN/diff.php?repname=Policyd&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fsockets.c&rev=4&sc=0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• policyd-wread-bo(35394) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1361 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 38091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=522366 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 14:28 UTC.