PT-2005-2273 · Apache+1 · Apache Spamassassin+1

Daniel Quinlan · Published 2005-06-15 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2005-1266

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache SpamAssassin versions 3.0.1 through 3.0.3

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in CPU consumption and slowdown. This can be achieved by sending a message with a long Content-Type header that lacks boundaries.

Recommendations: For Apache SpamAssassin versions 3.0.1 through 3.0.3, consider updating to a version that includes a fix for this issue, as no specific workaround is provided in the given information. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1266

DSA-736-1

DSA-736-2

RHSA-2005:498

RHSA-2005_498

Affected Products

Apache Spamassassin

Red Hat

References · 15

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94722 · Patch
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-498.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1266 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:106 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-736 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vuxml.org/freebsd/cc4ce06b-e01c-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1266 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1266.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13978 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-498.html · Note
• http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%3c17072.35054.586017.822288%40proton.pathname.com%3e · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10901 · Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.xml · Patch, Vendor Advisory