Vulnerability in Postsrsd Project
CVE-2021-35525
PostSRSd before 1.11 allows a denial of service (subprocess hang) if Postfix sends certain long data fields such as multiple concatenated email addresses. NOTE: the PostSRSd maintainer acknowledges "theoretically, this error should never occur ... I'm not sure if there's a reliable way to trigger this condition by an external attacker, but it is a security bug in PostSRSd nevertheless."
EPSS: 0.016 (73.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
Affected products
- Postsrsd_project Postsrsd
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-35525?
- CVE-2021-35525 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Postsrsd Project. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2021-06-28.
- How severe is CVE-2021-35525?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.