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    CVE-2005-1266

    Apache SpamAssassin 3.0.1, 3.0.2, and 3.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and slowdown) via a message with a long Content-Type header without any boundaries.

    Published:Jun 15, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Jun 22, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.06726
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Spamassassin
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94722
    http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%3c17072.35054.586017.822288%40proton.pathname.com%3e
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.xml
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-736
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:106
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-498.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13978
    http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/cc4ce06b-e01c-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10901
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94722
    http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%3c17072.35054.586017.822288%40proton.pathname.com%3e
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.xml
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-736
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:106
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-498.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13978
    http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/cc4ce06b-e01c-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10901

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High