A command execution issue was found in Apache SpamAssassin prior to 3.4.3. Carefully crafted nefarious Configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands similar to CVE-2018-11805. This issue is less stealthy and attempts to exploit the issue will throw warnings. Thanks to Damian Lukowski at credativ for reporting the issue ethically. With this bug unpatched, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios though doing so remotely is difficult. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.4, we again recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade spamassassin | May 4, 2022 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade spamassassin | Aug 22, 2024 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade spamassassin-debugsourceUpgrade spamassassin-debuginfoUpgrade spamassassin | Nov 5, 2020 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade spamassassin | Feb 3, 2020 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade spamassassin | Jan 31, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade spamassassin | Feb 22, 2021 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade spamassassin | Jan 20, 2021 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade spamassassin | Nov 2, 2020 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade spamassassin | Nov 12, 2020 | Jan 29, 2020 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade spamassassin-debuginfoUpgrade spamassassinUpgrade spamassassin-debugsourceNo solution exists | Nov 5, 2020 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-mail-spamassassin-plugin-ixhash2Upgrade perl-mail-spamassassinUpgrade spamassassin | Mar 31, 2020 | Jan 30, 2020 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade spamassassin (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade spamassassin | Feb 5, 2020 | Jan 30, 2020 |
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