ALAS2-2021-1642


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