CVE-2017-15705

MEDIUMNVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 8%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(medium)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation8% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
8%
EPSS %ILE
94%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 17, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (16)

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuspamassassin (3.3.2-2ubuntu1.2) @ precise2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntuspamc (3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) @ xenial2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatspamassassin-0:3.4.0-4.el7_52018-10-11redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(22 across 22 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.3-r0—
Alpine:v3.9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-1—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin—3.4.2-1—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
spamassassin3.4.0-6 ... 3.4.1-8 (12 versions)3.4.2-0+deb8u1—

Weakness Classification(1)

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All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-15705?
CVE-2017-15705 is a medium vulnerability published on September 17, 2018. 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…
When was CVE-2017-15705 disclosed?
CVE-2017-15705 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 17, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-15705 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-15705 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 5.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-15705?
CVE-2017-15705 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-15705?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-15705, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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