CVE-2005-3351

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2005-3351 · Published 20/11/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-3351 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting spamassassin (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.3%, higher than 94.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
spamassassin apache	`= 3.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients ("To" addresses), which triggers a bus error in Perl.

References

issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi
lwn.net/Alerts/159300 · Patch
osvdb.org/11581
secunia.com/advisories/17386
secunia.com/advisories/17518
secunia.com/advisories/17626
secunia.com/advisories/17666
secunia.com/advisories/17877
secunia.com/advisories/19158
gossamer-threads.com/lists/spamassassin/devel/62649 · Patch
mandriva.com/security/advisories
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0129.html
securityfocus.com/bid/15373
vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2364
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23048

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