CVE-2005-3351

Description

SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients ("To" addresses), which triggers a bus error in Perl.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 19.47% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory lwn.net Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gossamer-threads.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23048	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/17518/	third party advisory
http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=4570
http://secunia.com/advisories/17666/	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17626/	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19158	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17386/	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15373	vdb entry
http://lwn.net/Alerts/159300/	patch vendor advisory
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/spamassassin/devel/62649	patch vendor advisory mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11125	signature vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0129.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:221	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2364	vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/11581	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17877	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-3351?: CVE-2005-3351 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-3351?: To fix CVE-2005-3351, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-3351 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-3351 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~19% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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