USN-4237-2: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• spamassassin - Perl-based spam filter using text analysis

Details

USN-4237-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SpamAssassin. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially-crafted
CF file, a remote attacker could possibly run arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-11805)

It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain messages.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SpamAssassin to
consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12420)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04

• spamassassin - 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04

• spamassassin - 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-11805
• CVE-2019-12420

Related notices

• USN-4237-1: sa-compile, spamc, spamassassin