5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2005-1266
Apache SpamAssassin Unbounded Content-Type Header DoS
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 15, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-1266 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Apache spamassassin

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-1266 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-1266 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

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

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%[email protected]%3e [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%3c17072.35054.586017.822288%40proton.pathname.com%3e [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10901 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10901 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 23, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-1266 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-1266 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

5.85 }} -0.68%

score

0.89605

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability