GLSA-200506-17 : SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18538

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-200506-17 (SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service vulnerability)

SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor contain a Denial of Service vulnerability when handling special misformatted long message headers.
Impact :

By sending a specially crafted message an attacker could cause a Denial of Service attack against the SpamAssassin/Vipul's Razor server.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.0.4' All Vipul's Razor users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-filter/razor-2.74'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18538

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200506-17.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/21/2005

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: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:razor

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1266, CVE-2005-2024

GLSA: 200506-17

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