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spamassassin symlink attack

🗓️ 13 Jun 2007 15:59:00Reported by RedHatType 
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SpamAssassin before 2007-06-11 allows local root users to corrupt files via a symlink attack spamd.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
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Tenable Nessus		SpamAssassin < 3.2.1 spamd Symlink Local DoS
15 Jun 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 4 / 5 : spamassassin (CESA-2007:0492)
18 Jun 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 7 : spamassassin-3.2.1-1.fc7 (2007-0390)
6 Nov 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora Core 6 : spamassassin-3.1.9-1.fc6 (2007-582)
14 Jun 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora Core 5 : spamassassin-3.1.9-1.fc5.1 (2007-584)
14 Jun 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		FreeBSD : p5-Mail-SpamAssassin -- local user symlink-attack DoS vulnerability (8092b820-1d6f-11dc-a0b2-001921ab2fa4)
18 Jun 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : spamassassin (MDKSA-2007:125)
18 Jun 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Oracle Linux 5 : Moderate: / spamassassin (ELSA-2007-0492)
12 Jul 201300:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		RHEL 4 / 5 : spamassassin (RHSA-2007:0492)
14 Jun 200700:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Scientific Linux Security Update : spamassassin on SL5.x, SL4.x i386/x86_64 (fwd)
1 Aug 201200:00
–nessus
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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386spamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el4spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ia64spamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el4spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el4.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ppcspamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el4spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el4.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390spamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el4spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el4.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390xspamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el4spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el4.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4x86_64spamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el4spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386spamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el5spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64spamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el5spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcspamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el5spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el5.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xspamassassin0:3.1.9-1.el5spamassassin-0:3.1.9-1.el5.s390x.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:33Current
7.4High risk
Vulners AI Score7.4
CVSS 21.9
EPSS0.0034
spamassassinsymlink attacklocal rootvulnerable versionsvpopmailvirtual usersfile corruptiondenial of service
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