RHBA-2011:1035 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated spamassassin package that fixes various bugs and adds an enhancement
is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

SpamAssassin provides a way to filter unsolicited email (spam messages) from
incoming email.

The spamassassin package has been upgraded to the upstream version 3.3.1, which
includes the default upstream rules and provides a number of bug fixes over the
previous version. In order to keep the rules up-to-date, it is strongly
recommended to allow the nightly rules update. This can be done by removing the
comment sign from the following line in the /etc/cron.d/sa-update file:

#10 4 * * * root /usr/share/spamassassin/sa-update.cron 2>&1 | tee -a
/var/log/sa-update.log

The regular update of the upstream rules ensures the SpamAssassin's best
functionality. (BZ#481616)

In addition, this updated package fixes the following bug:

• Due to an incorrect "FH_DATE_PAST_20XX" filter rule, many emails containing

the date 2010 in the message header were wrongly regarded as spam. According to
the rule, all email messages containing the date between 2010 and 2099 had the
spam score increased. To fix this problem, the rule "FH_DATE_PAST_20XX" has been
modified to reflect the current year. (BZ#552127)

All users of spamassassin are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
resolves this issue and adds this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat
Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 552127 - SpamAssassin new year 2010 issue with FH_DATE_PAST_20XX 0.0

CVEs

(none)

References

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