SpamProbe HTML tag new line denial of service
| spamprobe-newlines-href-dos (11247) |  Low Risk |
Description:
SpamProbe is vulnerable to a denial of service attack. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted email containing new lines within HTML <href> tags to a vulnerable system, which would cause the filter to crash, once the email is opened.
Platforms Affected:
- Burton Computer Corporation, SpamProbe 0.8a
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of SpamProbe (0.8b or later), available from the SourceForge.net Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- SourceForge.net, Project: SpamProbe - fast bayesian spam filter: Release Notes at http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137128.
- SourceForge.net, SourceForge.net: Project Filelist at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61201.
- SpamProbe Web site, Welcome to SpamProbe! at http://spamprobe.sourceforge.net/.
- BID-6739: SpamProbe Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-1440: SpamProbe 0.8a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via HTML e-mail with newline characters within an href tag, which is not properly handled by certain regular expressions.
- SA7994: SpamProbe Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1006038: SpamProbe Can Be Crashed By Remote Users Sending E-mail
Reported:
Jan 31, 2003
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