{
  "cveId": "CVE-2019-12420",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12420",
  "summary": "CVE-2019-12420 is fixed in 3 products on 1 platform, first by sa-compile 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, released December 12, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "spamassassin: The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (spam) from incoming email.\n\nSecurity Fix...",
  "description": "The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (spam) from incoming email.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* spamassassin: crafted configuration files can run system commands without any output or errors (CVE-2018-11805)\n\n* spamassassin: crafted email message can lead to DoS (CVE-2019-12420)\n\n* spamassassin: command injection via crafted configuration file (CVE-2020-1930)\n\n* spamassassin: command injection via crafted configuration file (CVE-2020-1931)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.",
  "published": "2019-12-12T15:15:00Z",
  "severity": "Moderate",
  "cvss": 7.5,
  "epss": 0.07234,
  "epssPercentile": 0.94363,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "sa-compile",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "fix": "sa-compile 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-sa-compile-3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "released": "2019-12-12T15:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "spamassassin",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:3.4.2-10.el8",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:4625",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-4625",
      "released": "2020-11-04T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "spamassassin",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "fix": "spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-spamassassin-3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "released": "2019-12-12T15:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "spamassassin",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:3.4.2-10.el8",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-4625",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-4625",
      "released": "2020-11-10T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "spamc",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "fix": "spamc 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-spamc-3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "released": "2019-12-12T15:15:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T18:46:35Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}