RedHat: RHSA-2018-2916:01 Important: spamassassin security update
Summary
The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email
(spam) from incoming email.
Security Fix(es):
* spamassassin: Certain unclosed tags in crafted emails allow for scan
timeouts and result in denial of service (CVE-2017-15705)
* spamassassin: Local user code injection in the meta rule syntax
(CVE-2018-11781)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15705 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11781 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
Source:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7):
Source:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
aarch64:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for spamassassin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x
Bugs Fixed
1629521 - CVE-2017-15705 spamassassin: Certain unclosed tags in crafted emails allow for scan timeouts and result in denial of service
1629536 - CVE-2018-11781 spamassassin: Local user code injection in the meta rule syntax