Debian LTS: DLA-2037-1 Critical: spamassassin Arbitrary Command Execution
debian lts
December 16, 2019
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis
Summary
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 Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
3.4.2-0+deb8u2.
We recommend that you upgrade your spamassassin packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package: spamassassin
Version: 3.4.2-0+deb8u2
CVE ID: CVE-2018-11805 CVE-2019-12420
Debian Bug: 946652 946653
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