CVE-2005-1266 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Apache SpamAssassin by sending messages with long Content-Type headers lacking boundaries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1266?
CVE-2005-1266 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Apache SpamAssassin 3.0.1, 3.0.2, and 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and slowdown) via a message with a long Content-Type header without any boundaries.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1266?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (8)
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:3.0.4-1.el4 |
Products include Apache Spamassassin.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1266?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1266 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1266 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2020-1946 Apache SpamAssassin has an OS Command Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2018-11780 Code injection in Apache SpamAssassin
- CVE-2020-1930 Command injection in Apache SpamAssassin
- CVE-2020-1931 Command injection in Apache SpamAssassin
- CVE-2018-11781 Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 fixes a local user code injection in the meta rule syntax.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1266, DSA-736-1, DSA-736-2, GHSA-8vfq-99xj-3qjx, RHSA-2005:498.