CVE-2020-1931

Summary

CVECVE-2020-1931
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-30 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA command execution issue was found in Apache SpamAssassin prior to 3.4.3. Carefully crafted nefarious Configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands similar to CVE-2018-11805. 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Spamassassin All All All All
Application Apache Spamassassin All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2107-1] spamassassin security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4615-1 spamassassin DEBIAN www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: spamassassin-3.4.4-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4615-1] spamassassin security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: spamassassin-3.4.4-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4265-1: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-4265-2: SpamAssassin vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0446-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug Access Denied CONFIRM bz.apache.org Permissions Required
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: spamassassin-3.4.4-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: spamassassin-3.4.4-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377328 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for spamassassin (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0040)
  • 500644 Alpine Linux Security Update for spamassassin
  • 504411 Alpine Linux Security Update for spamassassin
  • 940307 AlmaLinux Security Update for spamassassin (ALSA-2020:4625)
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