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TI-2005-03176 Aliases CVE-2005-3351GHSA-m2fg-q836-9pmq

SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large…

Priority LOW 33Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

SpamAssassin 3.0.4 allows attackers to bypass spam detection via an e-mail with a large number of recipients ("To" addresses), which triggers a bus error in Perl.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07259 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0.4VulnerableApache
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:spamassassin:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.4 Vulnerable ·Apache

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2006:0129 Released 2006-03-07 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    spamassassin security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4, spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4.i386, spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4, spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4, spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4.i386, spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4, spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4.i386, spamassassin-3.0.5-3.el4.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0129
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2006:0129

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3351
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m2fg-q836-9pmq

References

Patch 2

Advisory 3

Other 4

  • TI-2006-02383 SpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1
  • TI-2018-08437 A potential Remote Code Execution bug exists with the PDFInfo plugin in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-01870 Apache SpamAssassin has an OS Command Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-01855 OS command injection in Apache SpamAssassin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-01854 OS command injection in Apache SpamAssassin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2019-09265 Uncontrolled resource consumption in Apache SpamAssassin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 12 →

Sources

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