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bogofilter "quoted-printable decoder" Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13035
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Release Date:
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2004-11-01
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Last Update:
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2004-11-09
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Popularity:
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7,225 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | bogofilter 0.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in bogofilter, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the "quoted-printable decoder" when handling linefeeds in encoded words. This can be exploited to cause bogofilter to crash by sending a malicious mail with a specially crafted header.
The vulnerability has been reported in:
* bogofilter (stable) 0.92.6, 0.92.4, 0.92.0, 0.17.5
* bogofilter (current) 0.17.4 through 0.92.7
Change Page:
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