Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : spamassassin (MDKSA-2007:049)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 24706

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A bug in the way that SpamAssassin processes HTML emails containing URIs was discovered in versions 3.1.x. A carefully crafted mail message could make SpamAssassin consume significant amounts of CPU resources that could delay or prevent the delivery of mail if a number of these messages were sent at once.

SpamAssassin has been upgraded to version 3.1.8 to correct this problem, and other upstream bugs. In addition, an invalid path setting in local.cf for the auto_whitelist_path has been fixed for Mandriva 2007.0.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 24706

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2007-049.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 2/26/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-mail-spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-spamc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-spamd, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:spamassassin-tools, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0451

BID: 22584

CWE: 399

MDKSA: 2007:049

Detections

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