MGASA-2018-0425 - Updated spamassassin packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 30 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0425.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2016-1238,
     CVE-2017-15705,
     CVE-2018-11780,
     CVE-2018-11781

Updated spamassassin package fixes security vulnerabilities:

A reliance on "." in @INC in one configuration script (CVE-2016-1238).

A denial of service vulnerability arises with certain unclosed tags in
emails that cause markup to be handled incorrectly leading to scan
timeouts (CVE-2017-15705).

A potential Remote Code Execution bug with the PDFInfo plugin
(CVE-2018-11780).

A local user code injection in the meta rule syntax (CVE-2018-11781).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23590
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/16/1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1238
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15705
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11780
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11781

SRPMS:
- 6/core/spamassassin-3.4.2-1.5.mga6

Mageia 2018-0425: spamassassin security update

Updated spamassassin package fixes security vulnerabilities: A reliance on "." in @INC in one configuration script (CVE-2016-1238)

Summary

Updated spamassassin package fixes security vulnerabilities:
A reliance on "." in @INC in one configuration script (CVE-2016-1238).
A denial of service vulnerability arises with certain unclosed tags in emails that cause markup to be handled incorrectly leading to scan timeouts (CVE-2017-15705).
A potential Remote Code Execution bug with the PDFInfo plugin (CVE-2018-11780).
A local user code injection in the meta rule syntax (CVE-2018-11781).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23590

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/16/1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1238

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15705

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11780

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11781

Resolution

MGASA-2018-0425 - Updated spamassassin packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 6/core/spamassassin-3.4.2-1.5.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 30 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0425.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2016-1238, CVE-2017-15705, CVE-2018-11780, CVE-2018-11781

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