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MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1791974631==" Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gentoo-announce@gentoo.org Cc: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200506-17 ] SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 07:52:40 +0200 --===============1791974631== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3129856.IABrOzLO8N"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --nextPart3129856.IABrOzLO8N Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: SpamAssassin 3, Vipul's Razor: Denial of Service vulnerability Date: June 21, 2005 Bugs: #94722, #95492 ID: 200506-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor are vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack when handling certain malformed messages. Background ========== SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter which is used to identify junk email. Vipul's Razor is a client for a distributed, collaborative spam detection and filtering network. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-filter/spamassassin < 3.0.4 >= 3.0.4 < 3.0.1 2 mail-filter/razor < 2.71 >= 2.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== SpamAssassin and Vipul's Razor contain a Denial of Service vulnerability when handling special misformatted long message headers. Impact ====== By sending a specially crafted message an attacker could cause a Denial of Service attack against the SpamAssassin/Vipul's Razor server. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.0.4" All Vipul's Razor users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/razor-2.71" References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-1266 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1266 [ 2 ] SpamAssassin Announcement http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] [ 3 ] Vipul's Razor Announcement http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7520323&forum_id=4259 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 --nextPart3129856.IABrOzLO8N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCt6stzKC5hMHO6rkRAq+XAJ0VYTdfNvjeMgK88OWQPTCq+/iHAgCeJQ6V sYG0/tplCTmz2UN8jdFcPmM= =NtXh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3129856.IABrOzLO8N-- --===============1791974631== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ --===============1791974631==-- ------------------------------ End of this Digest ****************** -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/