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
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- spamassassin – 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
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
Source: USN-4237-1: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities
