Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-11805 - OS Command Injection vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious CF files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.3, we recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Command Line Execution through SQL Injection An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
- Command Delimiters An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that allows an attacker's commands to be concatenated onto a legitimate command with the intent of targeting other resources such as the file system or database. The system that uses a filter or a blacklist input validation, as opposed to whitelist validation is vulnerable to an attacker who predicts delimiters (or combinations of delimiters) not present in the filter or blacklist. As with other injection attacks, the attacker uses the command delimiter payload as an entry point to tunnel through the application and activate additional attacks through SQL queries, shell commands, network scanning, and so on.
- Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers An attacker supplies the target software with input data that contains sequences of special characters designed to bypass input validation logic. This exploit relies on the target making multiples passes over the input data and processing a "layer" of special characters with each pass. In this manner, the attacker can disguise input that would otherwise be rejected as invalid by concealing it with layers of special/escape characters that are stripped off by subsequent processing steps. The goal is to first discover cases where the input validation layer executes before one or more parsing layers. That is, user input may go through the following logic in an application: In such cases, the attacker will need to provide input that will pass through the input validator, but after passing through parser2, will be converted into something that the input validator was supposed to stop.
- Argument Injection An attacker changes the behavior or state of a targeted application through injecting data or command syntax through the targets use of non-validated and non-filtered arguments of exposed services or methods.
- OS Command Injection In this type of an attack, an adversary injects operating system commands into existing application functions. An application that uses untrusted input to build command strings is vulnerable. An adversary can leverage OS command injection in an application to elevate privileges, execute arbitrary commands and compromise the underlying operating system.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2020-446.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-04-10 modified 2020-04-06 plugin id 135221 published 2020-04-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135221 title openSUSE Security Update : spamassassin (openSUSE-2020-446) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2020-446. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(135221); script_version("1.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/08"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11805", "CVE-2020-1930", "CVE-2020-1931"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : spamassassin (openSUSE-2020-446)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2020-446 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "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). 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NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_701117591DAE11EA966A206A8A720317.NASL description the Apache Spamassassin project reports : An input validation error of user-supplied input parsing multipart emails. Specially crafted emails can consume all resources on the system. A local user is able to execute arbitrary shell commands through specially crafted nefarious CF files. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132065 published 2019-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132065 title FreeBSD : spamassassin -- multiple vulnerabilities (70111759-1dae-11ea-966a-206a8a720317) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(132065); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/13"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11805", "CVE-2019-12420"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : spamassassin -- multiple vulnerabilities (70111759-1dae-11ea-966a-206a8a720317)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "the Apache Spamassassin project reports : An input validation error of user-supplied input parsing multipart emails. 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NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_E3404A6E436411EAB643206A8A720317.NASL description the Apache Spamassassin project reports : nefarious rule 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 133380 published 2020-01-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133380 title FreeBSD : spamassassin -- Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings (e3404a6e-4364-11ea-b643-206a8a720317) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(133380); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/06"); script_cve_id("CVE-2020-1931"); script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0056"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : spamassassin -- Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings (e3404a6e-4364-11ea-b643-206a8a720317)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "the Apache Spamassassin project reports : nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands similar to CVE-2018-11805. 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NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-4237-1.NASL description 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. (CVE-2018-11805) It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SpamAssassin to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12420). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132932 published 2020-01-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132932 title Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.04 / 19.10 : spamassassin vulnerabilities (USN-4237-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4237-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. 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A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SpamAssassin to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12420). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-1/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected spamassassin package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-11805"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:spamassassin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/12/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! preg(pattern:"^(16\.04|18\.04|19\.04|19\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 19.04 / 19.10", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"spamassassin", pkgver:"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"spamassassin", pkgver:"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"spamassassin", pkgver:"3.4.2-1ubuntu0.19.04.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"spamassassin", pkgver:"3.4.2-1ubuntu0.19.10.1")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : ubuntu_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "spamassassin"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-2037.NASL description Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis. CVE-2018-11805 Malicious rule or configuration files, possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary commands under multiple scenarios. CVE-2019-12420 Specially crafted mulitpart messages can cause spamassassin to use excessive resources, resulting in a denial of service. For Debian 8 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132081 published 2019-12-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132081 title Debian DLA-2037-1 : spamassassin security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-2037-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(132081); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/13"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-11805", "CVE-2019-12420"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-2037-1 : spamassassin security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis. CVE-2018-11805 Malicious rule or configuration files, possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary commands under multiple scenarios. CVE-2019-12420 Specially crafted mulitpart messages can cause spamassassin to use excessive resources, resulting in a denial of service. For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.4.2-0+deb8u2. 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." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00019.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/spamassassin" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected sa-compile, spamassassin, and spamc packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-11805"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sa-compile"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamassassin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/12/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"sa-compile", reference:"3.4.2-0+deb8u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"spamassassin", reference:"3.4.2-0+deb8u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"spamc", reference:"3.4.2-0+deb8u2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2020-0811-1.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-04-04 modified 2020-03-31 plugin id 135024 published 2020-03-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135024 title SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : spamassassin (SUSE-SU-2020:0811-1) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2020-1341.NASL description In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, a message can be crafted in a way to use excessive resources. Upgrading to SA 3.4.3 as soon as possible is the recommended fix but details will not be shared publicly. (CVE-2019-12420) In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious CF files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.3, we recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places. (CVE-2018-11805) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 133560 published 2020-02-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133560 title Amazon Linux AMI : spamassassin (ALAS-2020-1341) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-2062.NASL description It was found that sa-exim, the SpamAssassin filter for Exim, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code if users are allowed to run custom rules. A similar issue was fixed in spamassassin, CVE-2018-11805, which caused a functional regression in sa-exim. This update restores the compatibility between spamassassin and sa-exim. The security implications of sa-exim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132759 published 2020-01-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132759 title Debian DLA-2062-1 : sa-exim security update NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4584.NASL description Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis. - CVE-2018-11805 Malicious rule or configuration files, possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary commands under multiple scenarios. - CVE-2019-12420 Specially crafted mulitpart messages can cause spamassassin to use excessive resources, resulting in a denial of service. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132063 published 2019-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132063 title Debian DSA-4584-1 : spamassassin - security update NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2020-0813-1.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-04-04 modified 2020-03-31 plugin id 135025 published 2020-03-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135025 title SUSE SLES15 Security Update : spamassassin (SUSE-SU-2020:0813-1) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2020-0810-1.NASL description 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. last seen 2020-04-04 modified 2020-03-31 plugin id 135023 published 2020-03-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135023 title SUSE SLES12 Security Update : spamassassin (SUSE-SU-2020:0810-1)
References
- https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.3.txt
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/154
- https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7647
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/12/1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4584
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/27
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00019.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-2/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00003.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6f89f82a573ea616dce53ec67e52d963618a9f9ac71da5c1efdbd166%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d015dc5b4f24fd6777a85d068502a9c5d58d69d877ed5b0eb9a22cd5%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2946b38caec47f7f6a79e8e03d2aa723794186e59a7dc6b5e76dfc18%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bc58907171c6585e5875a3ce86066d4956c218911cb74e3156de4433%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c1f59b7e13b7f2c12f847f7d0dec2636df3cdbcaa6d8309007395ff4%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8534b60bae95ac3a8a4adb840f4ab26135f1c973ce197ff44439cbae%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b5c73809d0690527341d940029f743807b70550050fd23ee869c5e5%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r217177f7de36deab36dab88db4b6448961122571176dd4b2c133d08e%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r71f789fcd6339144e3d4db8f4128def12c341e638bd0107a0b82a05b%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2578c486552637bfedbe624940cc60d6463bd90044c887bdebb75e74%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d32ebf97b1245b8237763444e911c4595d2ad5e34a1641840d8146f%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E