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CVE-2005-3351
SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients ("To" addresses), which…
Medium5.0EPSS 7.3%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- spamassassin-message-recipients-dos(23048) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17518 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=4570 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17666 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17626 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19158 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2005-1065 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [spamassassin-devel] 20051101 [Bug 4570] Mail with lots of To addresses in header triggers Bus error in Perl [CVE-2005-3351] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0129 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:221 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 11581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:027 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 17877 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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