Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : spamassassin (MDKSA-2004:084)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14333

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security fix prevents a denial of service attack open to certain malformed messages; this DoS affects all SpamAssassin 2.5x and 2.6x versions to date.

Solution

Update the affected perl-Mail-SpamAssassin, spamassassin and / or spamassassin-tools packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14333

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2004-084.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 8/22/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-mail-spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-tools, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.1, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0796

MDKSA: 2004:084

Detections

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