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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3811-3 Critical: SpamAssassin Code Execution

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Calendar Grey December 5, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A variety of vulnerabilities in SpamAssassin have been rectified in the Ubuntu update USN-3811-3. Ensure you upgrade to reduce potential threats.
Several security issues were fixed in SpamAssassin.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SpamAssassin.

Software Description:

- spamassassin: Perl-based spam filter using text analysis

Details:

USN-3811-1 fixed a vulnerability in spamassassin. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled the PDFInfo

 plugin. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

 arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11780)

 It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled meta rule

 syntax. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

 arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11781)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution arbitrary code remote code SpamAssassin Ubuntu 12.04

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  spamassassin                    3.4.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3811-3

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3811-1

  CVE-2018-11780, CVE-2018-11781

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December 05, 2018

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security advisory critical code execution arbitrary code remote code SpamAssassin Ubuntu 12.04

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