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Debian: Security Advisory for spamassassin (DSA-4615-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'spamassassin' package(s) announced via the DSA-4615-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis. Malicious rule or configuration files, possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary commands under multiple scenarios.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'spamassassin' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.2-1~deb9u3. For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.2-1+deb10u2. We recommend that you upgrade your spamassassin packages.

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