fkie_cve-2003-1557
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2003-12-31 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Off-by-one buffer overflow in spamc of SpamAssassin 2.40 through 2.43, when using BSMTP mode ("-B"), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email containing headers with leading "." characters.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342896818777&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/7983Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342896818777&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/7983Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
spamassassin spamassassin 2.40
spamassassin spamassassin 2.41
spamassassin spamassassin 2.42
spamassassin spamassassin 2.43


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{
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "2353EB59-ECCA-490F-BFCC-87D83C7913B1",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "5728466F-B90F-4CE8-AB48-E858C81EB592",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "2DEA0682-7583-447C-A2CC-D9FE7BE5B28E",
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            },
            {
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              "matchCriteriaId": "7B72B92D-9C69-4A1F-A9D3-A0ECFAD6A985",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
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          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Off-by-one buffer overflow in spamc of SpamAssassin 2.40 through 2.43, when using BSMTP mode (\"-B\"), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via email containing headers with leading \".\" characters."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2003-1557",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "HIGH",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "baseScore": 7.6,
          "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 4.9,
        "impactScore": 10.0,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": true,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2003-12-31T05:00:00.000",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of SpamAssassin as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.",
      "lastModified": "2008-04-04T00:00:00",
      "organization": "Red Hat"
    }
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-119"
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      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}


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