CVE-2003-1557
Published Dec 31, 2003
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.6
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 4.9
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Vendor comments
- Red HatNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of SpamAssassin as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
Configurations
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{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2353EB59-ECCA-490F-BFCC-87D83C7913B1"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "5728466F-B90F-4CE8-AB48-E858C81EB592"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2DEA0682-7583-447C-A2CC-D9FE7BE5B28E"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "7B72B92D-9C69-4A1F-A9D3-A0ECFAD6A985"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]