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RHEL 3 : spamassassin (RHSA-2004:451)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15411

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated spamassassin package that fixes a denial of service bug when parsing malformed messages is now available.

SpamAssassin provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (SPAM) from incoming email.

A denial of service bug has been found in SpamAssassin versions below 2.64. A malicious attacker could construct a message in such a way that would cause spamassassin to stop responding, potentially preventing the delivery or filtering of email. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0796 to this issue.

Users of SpamAssassin should update to these updated packages which contain a backported patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected spamassassin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0796

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:451

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15411

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-451.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/2/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:spamassassin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0796

RHSA: 2004:451