security flaw
Published Jun 22, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
spamassassin-0:3.0.4-1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:498
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | spamassassin-0:3.0.4-1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:498 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 8.35% (0.08349) | 94.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.35% (0.08349) | 94.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 6.60% (0.06603) | 90.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 16.01% (0.16014) | 95.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 29, 2024 | 21.38% (0.21384) | 96.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 29.33% (0.29331) | 96.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 84.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 84.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.72% (0.03718) | 84.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 82.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.38% (0.03384) | 65.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94722 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/spamassassin-announce/200506.mbox/%3c17072.35054.586017.822288%40proton.pathname.com%3e mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-736 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:106 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-498.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13978 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/cc4ce06b-e01c-11d9-a8bd-000cf18bbe54.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1266 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617623 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1266
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10901 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1266
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.