GLSA-200703-02 : SpamAssassin: Long URI Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24750

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-200703-02 (SpamAssassin: Long URI Denial of Service)

SpamAssassin does not correctly handle very long URIs when scanning emails.
Impact :

An attacker could cause SpamAssassin to consume large amounts of CPU and memory resources by sending one or more emails containing very long URIs.
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-3.1.8'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24750

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200703-02.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 3/2/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0451

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200703-02

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