CVE-2006-2447

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2447
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-06-06 21:06:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:40:00 UTC
DescriptionSpamAssassin before 3.1.3, when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Spamassassin 3.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Spamassassin 3.1.1 All All All
Application Apache Spamassassin 3.1.2 All All All
Application Apache Spamassassin 3.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Spamassassin 3.1.1 All All All
Application Apache Spamassassin 3.1.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for Spamassassin SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
(Red Hat Issues Fix) SpamAssassin handle_user() Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - SpamAssassin "spamd" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
2006-0034 TRUSTIX www.trustix.org
Nabble - ANNOUNCE: Apache SpamAssassin 3.1.3 available! CONFIRM www.nabble.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for spamassassin SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - SpamAssassin handle_user() Bug Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Commands SECTRACK securitytracker.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SpamAssassin Vpopmail and Paranoid Switches Remote Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for spamassassin SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian update for spamassassin - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- SpamAssassin: Execution of arbitrary code GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1090-1 spamassassin DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Trustix updates for binutils / mysql / spamassassin - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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