Debian DSA-4879-1 : spamassassin - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 148212

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Synopsis

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

Description

Damian Lukowski discovered a flaw in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis. Malicious rule configuration files, possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary commands under multiple scenarios.

Solution

Upgrade the spamassassin packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.2-1+deb10u3.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 148212

File Name: debian_DSA-4879.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/29/2021

Updated: 4/2/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1946

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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, 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: 3/27/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1946

DSA: 4879

IAVA: 2021-A-0148

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