CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1109

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in JunkBuster before version 2.0.2-r3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (application crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via heap corruption during URL filtering.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely crash the JunkBuster proxy server, leading to unavailability of content filtering services for users, and in extreme cases, take control of the system.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade JunkBuster to version 2.0.2-r3 or later, which includes a fix for the heap corruption vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The filtering of URLs in JunkBuster before 2.0.2-r3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via heap corruption.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS