<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="202105-26"> <title>SpamAssassin: Arbitrary command execution</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in SpamAssassin might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">SpamAssassin</product> <announced>2021-05-26</announced> <revised count="1">2021-05-26</revised> <bug>778002</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="mail-filter/spamassassin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.4.5</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.4.5</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>SpamAssassin is an extensible email filter used to identify junk email.</p> </background> <description> <p>It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to process a specially crafted CF file using SpamAssassin, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary commands with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All SpamAssassin users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-filter/spamassassin-3.4.5" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1946">CVE-2020-1946</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2021-05-24T01:30:56Z">whissi</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2021-05-26T09:30:23Z">whissi</metadata> </glsa>