SpamAssassin Bus Error Spam Detection Bypass Vulnerability

BID:15373

Info

SpamAssassin Bus Error Spam Detection Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15373
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-3351
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2006 10:17PM
Credit: Irina <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Trustix Secure Linux 3.0
Trustix Secure Linux 2.2
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.0.4
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
Redhat Fedora Core3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SpamAssassin Bus Error Spam Detection Bypass Vulnerability

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.

Exploit / POC

SpamAssassin Bus Error Spam Detection Bypass Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

SpamAssassin Bus Error Spam Detection Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
A vendor patch is available.

Please see the referenced vendor advisories for further information.


SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.0.4

References

SpamAssassin Bus Error Spam Detection Bypass Vulnerability

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