- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: SpamAssassin: Long URI Denial of Service Date: March 02, 2007 Bugs: #166969 ID: 200703-02 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== SpamAssassin is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. Background ========== SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter used to identify junk email. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-filter/spamassassin < 3.1.8 >= 3.1.8 Description =========== SpamAssassin does not correctly handle very long URIs when scanning emails. Impact ====== An attacker could cause SpamAssassin to consume large amounts of CPU and memory resources by sending one or more emails containing very long URIs. 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-3.1.8" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-0451 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0451 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-02.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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2007 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/2.5
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