The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4625 advisory.

    - Fixed CVE-2018-11805
    - Fixed CVE-2020-1930
    - Fixed CVE-2020-1931
    - Fix CVE-2019-12420

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

This update for spamassassin fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-11805: Fixed an issue with delimiter handling in rule files related to is_regexp_valid() (bsc#1118987).

CVE-2020-1930: Fixed an issue with rule configuration (.cf) files which can be configured to run system commands (bsc#1162197).

CVE-2020-1931: Fixed an issue with rule configuration (.cf) files which can be configured to run system commands with warnings (bsc#1162200).

Non-security issue fixed: Altering hash requires restarting loop (bsc#862963).

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

The Apache SpamAssassin project reports :

A nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands. This issue is less stealthy and attempts to exploit the issue will throw warnings.

Thanks to Damian Lukowski at credativ for reporting the issue ethically. With this bug unpatched, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios though doing so remotely is difficult. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.4, we again recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:4625 advisory.

  - spamassassin: crafted configuration files can run system commands without any output or errors     (CVE-2018-11805)

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

  - spamassassin: command injection via crafted configuration file (CVE-2020-1930, CVE-2020-1931)

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

Update to 3.4.4. Fixes CVE-2020-1930 and CVE-2020-1931.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4265-1 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

This update for spamassassin fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

  - CVE-2018-11805: Fixed an issue with delimiter handling     in rule files related to is_regexp_valid()     (bsc#1118987).

  - CVE-2020-1930: Fixed an issue with rule configuration     (.cf) files which can be configured to run system     commands (bsc#1162197).

  - CVE-2020-1931: Fixed an issue with rule configuration     (.cf) files which can be configured to run system     commands with warnings (bsc#1162200). Non-security issue     fixed :

  - Altering hash requires restarting loop (bsc#862963).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

This update for spamassassin fixes the following issues :

CVE-2018-11805: Fixed an issue with delimiter handling in rule files related to is_regexp_valid() (bsc#1118987).

CVE-2020-1930: Fixed an issue with rule configuration (.cf) files which can be configured to run system commands (bsc#1162197).

CVE-2020-1931: Fixed an issue with rule configuration (.cf) files which can be configured to run system commands with warnings (bsc#1162200).

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
142794	Oracle Linux 8 : spamassassin (ELSA-2020-4625)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	11/12/2020	10/22/2024	high
135024	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : spamassassin (SUSE-SU-2020:0811-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/31/2020	3/20/2024	high
133435	FreeBSD : spamassassin -- Nefarious rule configuration files can run system commands (c86bfee3-4441-11ea-8be3-54e1ad3d6335)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	2/3/2020	3/28/2024	high
145824	CentOS 8 : spamassassin (CESA-2020:4625)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	2/1/2021	3/23/2021	high
133626	Fedora 31 : spamassassin (2020-24dac7d890)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2/12/2020	3/27/2024	high
133496	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : SpamAssassin vulnerabilities (USN-4265-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	2/5/2020	8/29/2024	high
135221	openSUSE Security Update : spamassassin (openSUSE-2020-446)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/6/2020	3/19/2024	high
135023	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : spamassassin (SUSE-SU-2020:0810-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/31/2020	3/20/2024	high

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