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[ GLSA 200703-02 ] SpamAssassin: Long URI Denial of Service
From: Raphael Marichez <falco () gentoo org>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:33:29 +0100
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: SpamAssassin: Long URI Denial of Service Date: March 02, 2007 Bugs: #166969 ID: 200703-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== SpamAssassin is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. Background ========== SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter used to identify junk email. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-filter/spamassassin < 3.1.8 >= 3.1.8 Description =========== 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. Resolution ========== All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version. # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.1.8" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-0451 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0451 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-02.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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