Debian DLA-2107-1 : spamassassin security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 133772

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

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

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.2-0+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your spamassassin packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected sa-compile, spamassassin, and spamc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133772

File Name: debian_DLA-2107.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/19/2020

Updated: 3/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sa-compile, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamassassin, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1930, CVE-2020-1931

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