vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-EC04F3D0-8CD9-11EB-BB9F-206A8A720317 (CVE-2020-1946): spamassassin -- Malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 24, 2021 | Mar 25, 2021 | Jun 3, 2021 |
Description
Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.
From VID-EC04F3D0-8CD9-11EB-BB9F-206A8A720317:
The Apache SpamAssassin project reports:
Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.5 was recently released [1], and fixes
an issue of security note where malicious rule configuration (.cf)
files can be configured to run system commands.
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.5, exploits can be injected in
a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.5,
users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from
trusted places.
Solution
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