USN-4237-1: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities
USN-4237-1: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities spamassassin vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in SpamAssassin. Software Description spamassassin – Perl-based spam filter using text analysis 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 package versions: Ubuntu 19.10 spamassassin – 3.4.2-1ubuntu0.19.10.1 Ubuntu 19.04 spamassassin – 3.4.2-1ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS spamassassin – 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 [ more… ]