SpamAssassin Long URI Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:22584

Info

SpamAssassin Long URI Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22584
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2007-0451
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 13 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:26AM
Credit: The vendor reported this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SDK 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 9
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
SuSE Linux Professional 10.2 x86_64
SuSE Linux Personal 10.2 x86_64
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.7
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.6
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.5
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.4
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.3
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.2
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.1
SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1
S.u.S.E. UnitedLinux 1.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Open-Xchange 4.1
S.u.S.E. SUSE CORE 9 for x86
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 10.2
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 1
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 0
S.u.S.E. Office Server
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux POS 9
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0
S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Openexchange Server
S.u.S.E. Linux Office Server
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 10
S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
S.u.S.E. Linux Connectivity Server
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.1 ppc
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86-64
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 x86
S.u.S.E. Linux 10.0 ppc
rPath rPath Linux 1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Pardus Linux 2007.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2007.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Gentoo mail-filter/spamassassin 3.1.7
Not Vulnerable: SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.8
Gentoo mail-filter/spamassassin 3.1.8

Discussion

SpamAssassin Long URI Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

SpamAssassin is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

This issue arises when the application handles excessively long URIs.

SpamAssassin versions prior to 3.1.8 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

SpamAssassin Long URI Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can use an email client to craft a message this is sufficient to trigger this vulnerability.

Solution / Fix

SpamAssassin Long URI Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 3.1.8 to address this issue.


SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1

SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.1

SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.2

SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.3

SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.4

SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.5

SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.6

SpamAssassin SpamAssassin 3.1.7

References

SpamAssassin Long URI Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

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