USN-4899-1

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    USN-4899-1

    Published: 1 Apr 2021Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: spamassassin vulnerability

    Details: Damian Lukowski discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially- crafted CF file, a remote attacker could possibly run arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4899-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1946

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: spamassassin

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5

    Affected versions

    3.4.1-1
    3.4.1-2
    3.4.1-3
    3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
    3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
    3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
    3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

    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
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