CVE-2020-1946

spamassassin: The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (spam) from incoming email. Security Fix...

CVE-2020-1946 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by sa-compile 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5, released December 30, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0613
93rd percentile

The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (spam) from incoming email. Security Fix(es): * spamassassin: Malicious rule configuration files can be configured to run system commands (CVE-2020-1946) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
sa-compile · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 sa-compile 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 Dec 30, 2020
sa-compile · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1 sa-compile 3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1 Dec 30, 2020
spamassassin · RHEL 8 0:3.4.4-4.el8 RHSA-2021:4315 Nov 9, 2021
spamassassin · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 Dec 30, 2020
spamassassin · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1 spamassassin 3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1 Dec 30, 2020
spamassassin · almalinux 8 3.4.4-4.el8 ALSA-2021:4315 Nov 9, 2021
spamassassin · ol 8 0:3.4.4-4.el8 ELSA-2021-4315 Nov 16, 2021
spamassassin · rocky 8 0:3.4.4-4.el8 RLSA-2021:4315 Nov 9, 2021
spamc · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 spamc 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5 Dec 30, 2020
spamc · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1 spamc 3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1 Dec 30, 2020

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