Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | spamassassin security update |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | RHSA-2006:0129 | First vendor Publication | 2006-03-07 |
| Vendor | RedHat | Last vendor Modification | 2006-03-07 |
| Severity (Vendor) | Moderate | Revision | 01 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Problem Description: An updated spamassassin package that fixes a denial of service flaw is now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: SpamAssassin provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (SPAM) from incoming email. A denial of service bug was found in SpamAssassin. An attacker could construct a message in such a way that would cause SpamAssassin to crash. If a number of these messages are sent, it could lead to a denial of service, potentially preventing the delivery or filtering of email. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) assigned the name CVE-2005-3351 to this issue. The following issues have also been fixed in this update: * service spamassassin restart sometimes fails * Content Boundary "--" throws off message parser * sa-learn: massive memory usage on large messages * High memory usage with many newlines * service spamassassin messages not translated * Numerous other bug fixes that improve spam filter accuracy and safety Users of SpamAssassin should upgrade to this updated package containing version 3.0.5, which is not vulnerable to these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 171325 - CVE-2005-3351 Upgrade to spamassassin-3.0.5 |
Original Source
| Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0129.html |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11125 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11125 | ||
| Title: | SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients ("To" addresses), which triggers a bus error in Perl. | ||
| Description: | SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients ("To" addresses), which triggers a bus error in Perl. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2005-3351 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: p5-Mail-SpamAssassin File : nvt/freebsd_p5-Mail-SpamAssassin1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 20703 | SpamAssassin Long Message Header DoS |
Snort® IPS/IDS
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2014-01-10 | SpamAssassin long message header denial of service attempt RuleID : 16199 - Revision : 9 - Type : SERVER-MAIL |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2006-07-05 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2006-0129.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-03-08 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0129.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2006-01-15 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2005-221.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-11-15 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-1065.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2005-11-15 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2005-1066.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-02-17 11:49:51 |
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