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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-1946: SpamAssassin: Arbitrary command execution

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 25, 2021
Added
May 28, 2021
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.5, malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA version 3.4.5, users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-mail-filter-spamassassin
Title
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