CVE-2007-0451 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in Apache SpamAssassin by sending malformed HTML with long URLs, triggering massive memory usage.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2007-0451?

CVE-2007-0451 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Feb 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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."

Weakness: CWE-399

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-0451?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (12)
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::asAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktopAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::esAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::wsAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el4
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el5
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el5
spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el5
spamassassin-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::serverAll versions0:3.1.8-2.el5

Products include Apache Spamassassin.

How do I fix CVE-2007-0451?

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-2007-0451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-0451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-0451, GHSA-q35m-3hwc-qp9v, RHSA-2007:0074, RHSA-2007:0075.

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