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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-0451 Detail

Current 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."


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Metrics

 
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  4.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Evaluator Solution

Upgrade to SpamAssassin version 3.1.8

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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3.1.7

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0451
NVD Published Date:
02/16/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.