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FreeBSD : spamassassin -- Nefarious rule configuration files can run system commands (c86bfee3-4441-11ea-8be3-54e1ad3d6335)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133435

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Apache SpamAssassin project reports :

A nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands. This issue is less stealthy and attempts to exploit the issue will throw warnings.

Thanks to Damian Lukowski at credativ for reporting the issue ethically. With this bug unpatched, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios though doing so remotely is difficult. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.4, we again recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d85f0f21

http://www.nessus.org/u?46831c6b

http://www.nessus.org/u?29ed1fcf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133435

File Name: freebsd_pkg_c86bfee3444111ea8be354e1ad3d6335.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 2/3/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

Supported Sensors: 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:freebsd:freebsd, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:spamassassin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2020

Reference Information

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

IAVA: 2020-A-0056-S