USN-4237-2: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities
USN-4237-2: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities spamassassin vulnerabilities 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-4237-1 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. (CVE-2018-11805) It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SpamAssassin to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12420) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following [ more… ]