USN-3811-1

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    USN-3811-1

    Published: 6 Nov 2018Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: spamassassin vulnerabilities

    Details: 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)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3811-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15705, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11780, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11781

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: spamassassin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    3.3.2-6ubuntu2
    3.3.2-8ubuntu1
    3.3.2-8ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High