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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4265-2
February 04, 2020
spamassassin vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
– Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in SpamAssassin.
Software Description:
– spamassassin: Perl-based spam filter using text analysis
Details:
USN-4265-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SpamAssassin. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
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.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm2
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4265-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4265-1
CVE-2020-1930, CVE-2020-1931
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