{"cve":"CVE-2005-1061","nvd":{"published":"2005-05-02T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:12:21.720","status":"Modified","description":"The secure script in LogWatch before 2.6-2 allows attackers to prevent LogWatch from detecting malicious activity via certain strings in the secure file that are later used as part of a regular expression, which causes the parser to crash, aka \"logwatch log processing regular expression DoS.\"","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-364.html","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla-old/show_bug.cgi?id=137502","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-364.html","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla-old/show_bug.cgi?id=137502"],"products":["logwatch:logwatch","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:linux_advanced_workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:38:22.000386253+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-1061","score":0.03071,"percentile":0.87651,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}