CVE-2020-35573
srs2.c in PostSRSd before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long timestamp tag in an SRS address.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
srs2.c in PostSRSd before 1.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long timestamp tag in an SRS address.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.69% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-834
- Affected
- postsrsd project/postsrsd · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/roehling/postsrsd/commit/4733fb11f6bec6524bb8518c5e1a699288c26bacPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-08Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/roehling/postsrsd/commit/4733fb11f6bec6524bb8518c5e1a699288c26bacPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-08Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.