CVE-2005-3351
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-11-20 21:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8c387ce57e6e996d88d98f4ae4a5daceef4e49f1a89500c8e73130713074d73b
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comspamassassin-message-recipients-dos(23048)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23048
- secunia.com17518http://secunia.com/advisories/17518/
- issues.apache.orghttp://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=4570
- secunia.com17666http://secunia.com/advisories/17666/
- secunia.com17626http://secunia.com/advisories/17626/
- secunia.com19158http://secunia.com/advisories/19158
- secunia.com17386http://secunia.com/advisories/17386/
- www.securityfocus.com15373http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15373
- lwn.netFEDORA-2005-1065http://lwn.net/Alerts/159300/
- www.gossamer-threads.com[spamassassin-devel] 20051101 [Bug 4570] Mail with lots of To addresses in header triggers Bus error in Perl [CVE-2005-3351]http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/spamassassin/devel/62649
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11125https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11125
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0129http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0129.html
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:221http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:221
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-2364http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2364
- osvdb.org11581http://osvdb.org/11581
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2005:027http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
- secunia.com17877http://secunia.com/advisories/17877
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.1.0a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.1.0a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.1.0a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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