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CentOS 8 : spamassassin (CESA-2020:4625)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145824

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4625 advisory.

 - spamassassin: crafted configuration files can run system commands without any output or errors (CVE-2018-11805)

 - spamassassin: crafted email message can lead to DoS (CVE-2019-12420)

 - spamassassin: command injection via crafted configuration file (CVE-2020-1930, CVE-2020-1931)

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

Solution

Update the affected spamassassin package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4625

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145824

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-4625.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:spamassassin

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11805, CVE-2019-12420, CVE-2020-1930, CVE-2020-1931

RHSA: 2020:4625