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Unscored USN-3811-1 3 CVEs

spamassassin vulnerabilities

Published Nov 6, 2018 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain unclosed
tags in emails. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2017-15705)

It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled the PDFInfo plugin.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-11780)

It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled meta rule syntax. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-11781)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS spamassassin 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15705
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11780
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11781