MGASA-2021-0182 - Updated spamassassin packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 12 Apr 2021 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0182.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8 CVE: CVE-2020-1946 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. (CVE-2020-1946) References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28673 - https://spamassassin.apache.org/news.html - https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.5.txt - https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/24/3 - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1946 SRPMS: - 7/core/spamassassin-3.4.5-1.mga7 - 7/core/spamassassin-rules-3.4.5-1.mga7 - 8/core/spamassassin-3.4.5-1.mga8 - 8/core/spamassassin-rules-3.4.5-1.mga8
Mageia 2021-0182: spamassassin security update
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.5, malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors
Summary
CVE: CVE-2020-1946
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. (CVE-2020-1946)
Resolution
MGASA-2021-0182 - Updated spamassassin packages fix security vulnerability
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28673
- https://spamassassin.apache.org/news.html
- https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.5.txt
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/24/3
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1946
Severity
Issued Date: 12 Apr 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0182.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8
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