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CVE-2017-15705

5.3 MEDIUM 8% exploit odds No fix listed Denial of service Library

What it is

A denial of service vulnerability was identified that exists in Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.2. The vulnerability arises with certain unclosed tags in emails that cause markup to be handled incorrectly leading to scan timeouts. In Apache SpamAssassin, using HTML::Parser, we setup an object and hook into the begin and end tag event handlers In both cases, the "open" event is immediately followed by a "close" event - even if the tag *does not* close in the HTML being parsed. Because of this, we are missing the "text" event to deal with the object normally. This can cause carefully crafted emails that might take more scan time than expected leading to a Denial of Service. The issue is possibly a bug or design decision in HTML::Parser that specifically impacts the way Apache SpamAssassin uses the module with poorly formed html. The exploit has been seen in the wild but not believed to have been purposefully part of a Denial of Service attempt. We are concerned that there may be attempts to abuse the vulnerability in the future.

At a glance

Exploitability
Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
Exploit odds
7.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix
No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

  1. PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
  2. Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Details

Published
Last modified
Exploit probability
7.9% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper input validation
Record status
Modified

Affected

Attack profile CVSS 3.0 · 5.3

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Raw vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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References

NVD record · CVE.org record