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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2873

Original release date:06/11/2007

Last revised:03/08/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

SpamAssassin 3.1.x, 3.2.0, and 3.2.1 before 20070611, when running as root in unusual configurations using vpopmail or virtual users, allows local users to cause a denial of service (corrupt arbitrary files) via a symlink attack on a file that is used by spamd.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:1.9 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2172

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2172

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-2873.txt

Hyperlink:http://spamassassin.apache.org/advisories/cve-2007-2873.txt

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10354

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10354

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 37234

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/37234