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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201812-07 ] SpamAssassin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 20:16:39
Message-Id: 20181215201050.GB10488@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201812-07
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: SpamAssassin: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: December 15, 2018
10 Bugs: #666348
11 ID: 201812-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in SpamAssassin, the worst of
19 which may lead to remote code execution.
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21 Background
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24 SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter used to identify junk email.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 mail-filter/spamassassin
33 < 3.4.2-r2 >= 3.4.2-r2
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SpamAssassin. Please
39 review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, or
45 cause a Denial of Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.4.2-r2"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-1238
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1238
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2017-15705
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15705
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-11780
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11780
69 [ 4 ] CVE-2018-11781
70 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11781
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72 Availability
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75 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
76 the Gentoo Security Website:
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78 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07
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80 Concerns?
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83 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
84 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
85 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
86 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
87 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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89 License
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92 Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
93 belongs to its owner(s).
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95 The contents of this document are licensed under the
96 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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98 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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