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Amazon Linux AMI : spamassassin (ALAS-2020-1341)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 133560

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of spamassassin installed on the remote host is prior to 3.4.3-2.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2020-1341 advisory.

 In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, a message can be crafted in a way to use excessive resources.
 Upgrading to SA 3.4.3 as soon as possible is the recommended fix but details will not be shared publicly.
 (CVE-2019-12420)

 In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious CF files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.3, we recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places. (CVE-2018-11805)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update spamassassin' to update your system.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11805

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12420

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2020-1341.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 133560

File Name: ala_ALAS-2020-1341.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/10/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11805

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:spamassassin-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11805, CVE-2019-12420

ALAS: 2020-1341