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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM USN-4899-2 Critical: SpamAssassin Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey April 12, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
On February 3, 2022, Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5120-1 addresses a vulnerability in OpenSSL that could lead to unauthorized data exposure.
SpamAssassin could be made to run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

SpamAssassin could be made to run programs if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- spamassassin: Perl-based spam filter using text analysis

Details:

USN-4899-1 fixed a vulnerability in SpamAssassin. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Damian Lukowski discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF

files. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially-

crafted CF file, a remote attacker could possibly run arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  spamassassin                    3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4899-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4899-1

CVE-2020-1946

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April 12, 2021

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