{"id":"USN-4237-2","summary":"spamassassin vulnerabilities","details":"USN-4237-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SpamAssassin. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files.\n If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially-crafted\n CF file, a remote attacker could possibly run arbitrary code.\n (CVE-2018-11805)\n\n It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain messages.\n A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause SpamAssassin to\n consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12420)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:45Z","published":"2020-01-15T10:37:52Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11805","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12420"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-11805","CVE-2019-12420","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11805","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12420"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4237-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11805"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12420"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"spamassassin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/spamassassin@3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["3.3.2-6ubuntu2","3.3.2-8ubuntu1","3.3.2-8ubuntu2","3.4.0-1","3.4.0-1ubuntu1","3.4.0-1ubuntu2","3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1","3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"sa-compile"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"spamassassin"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1","binary_name":"spamc"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4237-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-11805","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2019-12420","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}