GLSA-200408-06 : SpamAssassin: Denial of Service vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 14562

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200408-06 (SpamAssassin: Denial of Service vulnerability)

SpamAssassin contains an unspecified Denial of Service vulnerability.
Impact :

By sending a specially crafted message an attacker could cause a Denial of Service attack against the SpamAssassin service.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of SpamAssassin.

Solution

All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=mail-filter/spamassassin-2.64' # emerge '>=mail-filter/spamassassin-2.64'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 14562

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200408-06.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:gentoo:linux:spamassassin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0796

GLSA: 200408-06

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