Upstream information

CVE-2007-2873 at MITRE

Description

SpamAssassin 3.1.x, 3.2.0, and 3.2.1 before 20070611, when running as root in unusual configurations using vpopmail or virtual users, allows local users to cause a denial of service (corrupt arbitrary files) via a symlink attack on a file that is used by spamd.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 284488 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • perl-spamassassin >= 3.2.5-26.22.18
  • spamassassin >= 3.2.5-26.22.18
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA perl-spamassassin-3.2.5-26.22.18
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • perl-spamassassin >= 3.3.1-10.8.3
  • spamassassin >= 3.3.1-10.8.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA perl-spamassassin-3.3.1-10.8.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • perl-spamassassin >= 3.3.1-10.8.3
  • spamassassin >= 3.3.1-10.8.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA perl-spamassassin-3.3.1-10.8.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • perl-spamassassin >= 3.3.1-10.8.3
  • spamassassin >= 3.3.1-10.8.3
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA perl-spamassassin-3.3.1-10.8.3
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • perl-Mail-SpamAssassin >= 3.4.6-71.3
  • perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2 >= 2.05-71.3
  • spamassassin >= 3.4.6-71.3
  • spamassassin-spamc >= 3.4.6-71.3
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11395

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:51:51 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:56 2025