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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2005-2151 json

spf.c in Courier Mail Server does not properly handle DNS failures when looking up Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records, which could allow…

published 2005-07-06 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2152

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

spf.c in Courier Mail Server does not properly handle DNS failures when looking up Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records, which could allow attackers to cause memory corruption.

Patch / fix

  • courier Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.47-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2151

Exploit prediction

0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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