SMTP: SpamAssassin Long Message Header Denial of Service
There exists a remote denial of service vulnerability in Apache SpamAssassin. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.
Extended Description
SpamAssassin is prone to a vulnerability that could bypass spam detection. This issue is due to a failure in the application to handle exceptional conditions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to crash a child process, effectively permitting the email to bypass detection and go through.
Affected Products
Mandriva linux_mandrake
Short Name
SMTP:SPAMASSASS-LM-DOS
Severity
Minor
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
SMTP
Keywords
CVE-2005-3351 Denial Header Long Message Service SpamAssassin bid:15373 of
Release Date
07/07/2011
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3336
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Red_hat
Spamassassin
Mandriva
Suse
Trustix
CVSS Score
5.0