Amazon Linux 2 : spamassassin (ALAS-2020-1545)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141946

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of spamassassin installed on the remote host is prior to 3.4.0-6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1545 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)

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

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

Solution

Run 'yum update spamassassin' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141946

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1545.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/27/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12420

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:spamassassin, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:spamassassin-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12420

ALAS: 2020-1545

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