drucken bookmarks versenden konfigurieren admin pdf Sicherheit: Denial of Service in spamassassin
Name: |
Denial of Service in spamassassin
|
|
ID: |
200506-17 |
|
Distribution: |
Gentoo |
|
Plattformen: |
Keine Angabe |
|
Datum: |
Di, 21. Juni 2005, 13:00 |
|
Referenzen: |
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-1266
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%3c17072.35054.586017.822288@proton.pathname.com%3e
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7520323&forum_id=4259 |
|
Applikationen: |
SpamAssassin |
|
Originalnachricht |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Severity: Normal Title: SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: June 21, 2005 Bugs: #94722, #95492 ID: 200506-17
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Synopsis ========
SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor are vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack when handling certain malformed messages.
Background ==========
SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter which is used to identify junk email. Vipul's Razor is a client for a distributed, collaborative spam detection and filtering network.
Affected packages =================
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-filter/spamassassin < 3.0.4 >= 3.0.4 < 3.0.1 2 mail-filter/razor < 2.71 >= 2.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. -------------------------------------------------------------------
Description ===========
SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor contain a Denial of Service vulnerability when handling special misformatted long message headers.
Impact ======
By sending a specially crafted message an attacker could cause a Denial of Service attack against the SpamAssassin/Vipul's Razor server.
Workaround ==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ==========
All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.0.4"
All Vipul's Razor users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/razor-2.71"
References ==========
[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1266 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1266 [ 2 ] SpamAssassin Announcement http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%3c17072.35054.586017.822288@proton.pathname.com%3e [ 3 ] Vipul's Razor Announcement forum.php?thread_id=7520323&forum_id=4259
Availability ============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.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 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License =======
Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
|
|
|
|