USN-3811-2: SpamAssassin vulnerability

USN-3811-2: SpamAssassin vulnerability

spamassassin vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

SpamAssassin could be made to crash if it received
a specially crafted file.

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 certain unclosed
tags in emails. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2017-15705)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

spamassassin – 3.3.2-2ubuntu1.2

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• USN-3811-1
• CVE-2017-15705

Source: USN-3811-2: SpamAssassin vulnerability