CVEvulnerability
CVE-2003-1557
7.6 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2003-12-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• spamassassin spamassassin 2.40
• spamassassin spamassassin 2.41
• spamassassin spamassassin 2.42
• spamassassin spamassassin 2.43
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342896818777&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7983 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342896818777&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7983 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com