CVE-2005-2070
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
1.66% (77th) EPSS
CVSS 5 · medium
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The ClamAV Mail fILTER (clamav-milter) 0.84 through 0.85d, when used in Sendmail using long timeouts, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by keeping an open connection, which prevents ClamAV from reloading.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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weaknesses
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affected products (30)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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published 2005-06-29modified 2026-06-16
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references (8)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Jun/0197.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737enisa_euvd
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14047enisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/Jun/0197.htmlVendor Advisorynvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-737nvd
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_38_clamav.htmlnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14047nvd
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