Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4584-1 spamassassin -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 14 Dec 2019
- Affected Packages:
- spamassassin
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 946652, Bug 946653.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-11805, CVE-2019-12420. - More information:
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Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis.
- CVE-2018-11805
Malicious rule or configuration files, possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary commands under multiple scenarios.
- CVE-2019-12420
Specially crafted mulitpart messages can cause spamassassin to use excessive resources, resulting in a denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.2-1~deb9u2.
For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.2-1+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your spamassassin packages.
For the detailed security status of spamassassin please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/spamassassin
- CVE-2018-11805