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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2018:2916-01 Critical SpamAssassin Patch

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Calendar Grey October 11, 2018
Dist Redhat Esm H88
An important security notice regarding a vital SpamAssassin patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 targeting significant vulnerabilities.
An update for spamassassin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (spam) from incoming email.
Security Fix(es):
* spamassassin: Certain unclosed tags in crafted emails allow for scan timeouts and result in denial of service (CVE-2017-15705)
* spamassassin: Local user code injection in the meta rule syntax (CVE-2018-11781)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important code injection spamassassin

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15705 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11781 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
aarch64: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64: spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:2916-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2916
Issue date: 2018-10-11

Topic

An update for spamassassin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux important code injection spamassassin

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

Bugs Fixed

1629521 - CVE-2017-15705 spamassassin: Certain unclosed tags in crafted emails allow for scan timeouts and result in denial of service

1629536 - CVE-2018-11781 spamassassin: Local user code injection in the meta rule syntax

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