Executive Summary



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Summary
Title SpamAssassin vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4265-2 First vendor Publication 2020-02-04
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-02-04
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 8.1
Base Score 8.1 Environmental Score 8.1
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 8.1
Exploitabality Sub Score 2.2
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in SpamAssassin.

Software Description: - spamassassin: Perl-based spam filter using text analysis

Details:

USN-4265-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SpamAssassin. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was 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.

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+esm2

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.4

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

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4265-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4265-1
CVE-2020-1930, CVE-2020-1931

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4265-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-78 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 8

Alert History

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2020-02-05 00:18:32
  • First insertion