CVE-2005-3351

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3351
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-20 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionSpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients ("To" addresses), which triggers a bus error in Perl.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Spamassassin 3.0.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
osvdb.org/11581 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[Bug 4570] Mail with lots of To addresses in header triggers Bus error in Perl [CVE-2005-3351] | SpamAssassin | devel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gossamer-threads.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for spamassassin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SpamAssassin Bus Error Spam Detection Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - SpamAssassin Long Message Header Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug 4570 – Mail with lots of To addresses in header triggers Bus error in Perl [CVE-2005-3351] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.apache.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for spamassassin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Fedora update for spamassassin - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
LWN: Fedora alert FEDORA-2005-1065 (spamassassin) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for multiple packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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