Debian DSA-4615-1 : spamassassin - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 133418

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the spamassassin packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133418

File Name: debian_DSA-4615.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/3/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamassassin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1930, CVE-2020-1931

DSA: 4615

IAVA: 2020-A-0056-S

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