{
    "id": "CVE-2005-1061",
    "published": "2005-05-02 04:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:12:21",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "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.\"",
    "epss_score": "0.03071",
    "epss_percentile": "0.87211",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:04",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "logwatch",
            "product": "logwatch"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "enterprise_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "linux_advanced_workstation"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "25465",
            "title": "Logwatch 2.6 Secure Script - Denial of Service",
            "date": "2005-04-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25465"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}