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SpamAssassin spamd Crafted Message Arbitrary Command Execution

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21673

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Synopsis

The remote server allows execution of arbitrary commands.

Description

The remote host is running spamd, a daemon belonging to SpamAssassin and used to determine whether messages represent spam.

The installed version of spamd on the remote host appears to allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary commands, subject to the privileges of the user under which it operates.

Solution

Upgrade to SpamAssassin 3.0.6 / 3.1.3 or later.

See Also

https://spamassassin.apache.org/404.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21673

File Name: spamd_vpopmail_cmd_exec.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: remote

Published: 6/8/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:apache:spamassassin

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2006

Exploitable With

Metasploit (SpamAssassin spamd Remote Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2447

BID: 18290