# CVE-2005-2431: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can trigger mail bombs via unlimited email sends in password recovery and account pending features, causing service disruption.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Aug 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xwmp-g6vx-f3x4

## What is CVE-2005-2431?

CVE-2005-2431 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The (1) lost password and (2) account pending features in GForge 4.5 do not properly set a limit on the number of e-mails sent to an e-mail address, which allows remote attackers to send a large number of messages to arbitrary e-mail addresses (aka mail bomb).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2431?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gforge Gforge.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-2431?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2431 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-2431 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2431 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2009-4070](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4070/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6187/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6188/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-6189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6189/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-2381](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2381/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-2431 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-2431 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Aug 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2431 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2431/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2431/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2431
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2431
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2431

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-2431/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.