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Debian DSA-1090-1 : spamassassin - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22632

Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in SpamAssassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis, that can allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This problem only affects systems where spamd is reachable via the internet and used with vpopmail virtual users, via the '-v' / '--vpopmail' switch, and with the '-P' / '--paranoid' switch which is not the default setting on Debian.

Solution

Upgrade the spamd package.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.3-2sarge1.

For the volatile archive for the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 3.1.0a-0volatile3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1090

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22632

File Name: debian_DSA-1090.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamassassin

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2447

DSA: 1090