CVE-2007-0451

Description

Apache SpamAssassin before 3.1.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via long URLs in malformed HTML, which triggers "massive memory usage."

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 24.75% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-0451.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/24200 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1073
http://secunia.com/advisories/24889 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:049 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24265 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2659 patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10018 signature vdb entry
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2657 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0628 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22584 patch vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24250 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017666 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0074.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24256 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32536 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/33207 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24197 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.1/build/announcements/3.1.8.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/24307 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-02.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0075.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0451?
CVE-2007-0451 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0451?
To fix CVE-2007-0451, 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-2007-0451 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0451 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~25% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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