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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200408-06.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200408-06">
<title>SpamAssassin: Denial of Service vulnerability</title>
<synopsis>
SpamAssassin is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack when handling
certain malformed messages.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">SpamAssassin</product>
<announced>August 09, 2004</announced>
<revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
<bug>59483</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="mail-filter/spamassassin" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.64</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="le">2.63-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter which is used to identify
spam.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
SpamAssassin contains an unspecified Denial of Service vulnerability.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
By sending a specially crafted message an attacker could cause a Denial
of Service attack against the SpamAssassin service.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
upgrade to the latest available version of SpamAssassin.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv &quot;&gt;=mail-filter/spamassassin-2.64&quot;
# emerge &quot;&gt;=mail-filter/spamassassin-2.64&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=spamassassin-announce&amp;m=109168121628767&amp;w=2">SpamAssassin Release Announcement</uri>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0796">CVE-2004-0796</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:14:09 +0000">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:01:34 +0000">
jaervosz
</metadata>
</glsa>