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CentOS 7 : spamassassin (CESA-2020:3973)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141583

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2020:3973 advisory.

 - spamassassin: crafted email message can lead to DoS (CVE-2019-12420)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected spamassassin package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1f9ac4b6

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html

https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141583

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-3973.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2020

Updated: 11/30/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12420

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:spamassassin, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12420

CWE: 20, 400

RHSA: 2020:3973