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Alpine: multiple spamassassin packages, perl-mail-spamassassin: security update to 3.4.5-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424509

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.5, malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run
 system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of
 scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA version 3.4.5, users should only use update channels or 3rd
 party .cf files from trusted places. (CVE-2020-1946)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-1946

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 424509

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 6/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1946

IAVA: 2021-A-0148