CVE catalog

CVE-2005-1061

logwatch: CVE-2005-1061

Severity: Medium
Published: Apr 19, 2005, 6:33:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 3.07% · Oct 25, 2026

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."

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	logwatch	sid	`7.15-1`	fixed
Debian	logwatch	forky	`7.15-1`	fixed
Debian	logwatch	trixie	`7.12-3`	fixed
Debian	logwatch	bookworm	`7.7-1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	logwatch	source	sid	`5.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	logwatch	source	forky	`5.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	logwatch	source	trixie	`5.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	logwatch	source	bookworm	`5.0-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[logwatch]Fixed
Details (2)
- 7.7-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.0-1
  dsa · logwatch · debian · bookworm; dsa · logwatch · debian · 12
- 7.7-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.0-1
  dsa · logwatch · debian · bookworm; dsa · logwatch · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[logwatch]Fixed
Details (4)
- 7.12-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.0-1
  dsa · logwatch · debian · 13
- 7.12-3 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.0-1
  dsa · logwatch · debian · 13
- 7.14-3~bpo13+1 · all · trixie-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.0-1
  dsa · logwatch · debian · 13
- 7.14-3~bpo13+1 · all · trixie-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.0-1
  dsa · logwatch · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:36 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]