Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1642
Advisory Release Date: 2021-05-20 16:55 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-05-24 18:00 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in spamassassin. Malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors allowing exploits to be injected in a number of scenarios. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-1946)
Affected Packages:
spamassassin
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update spamassassin to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
spamassassin-3.4.4-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-3.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
spamassassin-3.4.4-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-3.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
spamassassin-3.4.4-3.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
spamassassin-3.4.4-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-3.amzn2.0.1.x86_64