CVE-2003-1557

CVSS V2 High 7.6 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2003-1557

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2003-12-31T05:00:00

Last Modified Date
2018-10-19T15:29:56

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.40:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.41:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.42:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:spamassassin:spamassassin:2.43:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
7.6

Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
4.9

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342896818777&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6679	Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/7983	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11154
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/310212/30/26030/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/309912/30/26090/threaded

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1557
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-1557

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 18:06:16				Added to TrackCVE