[security-alerts] FW: [SA24197] SpamAssassin Long URI Denial of Service

["Kazennov, Vladimir" <Vladimir.Kazennov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> TITLE:
> SpamAssassin Long URI Denial of Service
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> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA24197
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> VERIFY ADVISORY:
> http://secunia.com/advisories/24197/
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> CRITICAL:
> Moderately critical
> 
> IMPACT:
> DoS
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> WHERE:
> From remote
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> SOFTWARE:
> SpamAssassin 3.x
> http://secunia.com/product/4506/
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in SpamAssassin, which can be
> exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
> 
> The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be
> exploited to cause a DoS via overly long URIs in the message content.
> 
> SOLUTION:
> Update to version 3.1.8.
> 
> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Reported by the vendor.
> 
> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.1/buil
> d/announcements/3.1.8.txt
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