SpamAssassin: Denial of Service vulnerability

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
mail-filter/spamassassin	<= 2.63-r1	>= 2.64	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #59483

SpamAssassin is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack when handling certain malformed messages.

2. Impact Information

SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter which is used to identify spam.

SpamAssassin contains an unspecified Denial of Service vulnerability.

By sending a specially crafted message an attacker could cause a Denial of Service attack against the SpamAssassin service.

3. Resolution Information

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of SpamAssassin.

All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-2.64"
# emerge ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-2.64"

4. References

Page updated August 09, 2004

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