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Debian: DSA-4584-1 moderate: spamassassin command execution and DoS

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Security flaws found in Spamassassin for Debian pose potential risks for Denial of Service or unauthorized command execution. Users are advised to perform an immediate update.
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis

Summary

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/source-package/spamassassin

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: spamassassin
CVE ID: CVE-2018-11805 CVE-2019-12420

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