GLSA 200408-06: SpamAssassin: Denial of Service vulnerability

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Severity:	normal
Title:	SpamAssassin: Denial of Service vulnerability
Date:	08/09/2004
Bugs:	#59483
ID:	200408-06

Synopsis

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

Background

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

Affected packages

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

Description

SpamAssassin contains an unspecified Denial of Service vulnerability.

Impact

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

Workaround

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

Resolution

All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:

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

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-06.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.