CVE-2020-1930

NameCVE-2020-1930
DescriptionA command execution issue was found in Apache SpamAssassin prior to 3.4.3. Carefully crafted nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands similar to CVE-2018-11805. With this bug unpatched, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios including the same privileges as spamd is run which may be elevated 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. If you cannot upgrade, do not use 3rd party rulesets, do not use sa-compile and do not run spamd as an account with elevated privileges.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2107-1, DSA-4615-1
Debian Bugs950258

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
spamassassin (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.4.2-0+deb8u4fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch3.4.2-1~deb9u4fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)3.4.2-1+deb10u3fixed
bullseye3.4.6-1fixed
bookworm4.0.0-6fixed
sid, trixie4.0.1-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
spamassassinsourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
spamassassinsourcejessie3.4.2-0+deb8u3DLA-2107-1
spamassassinsourcestretch3.4.2-1~deb9u3DSA-4615-1
spamassassinsourcebuster3.4.2-1+deb10u2DSA-4615-1
spamassassinsource(unstable)3.4.4~rc1-1950258

Notes

https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.4.txt
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/3
https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7648 (restricted)

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