Synopsis
Important: spamassassin security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
An update for spamassassin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (spam) from incoming email.
Security Fix(es):
- spamassassin: Certain unclosed tags in crafted emails allow for scan timeouts and result in denial of service (CVE-2017-15705)
- spamassassin: Local user code injection in the meta rule syntax (CVE-2018-11781)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7 aarch64
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7 ppc64le
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7 s390x
Fixes
- BZ - 1629521 - CVE-2017-15705 spamassassin: Certain unclosed tags in crafted emails allow for scan timeouts and result in denial of service
- BZ - 1629536 - CVE-2018-11781 spamassassin: Local user code injection in the meta rule syntax
CVEs
References
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| x86_64 |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: 015516bae53dcc2d2c353b1411c581470ae435fe25f390733e79a711693547e9 |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: c06dfb0f105ac24a093bba0b55b9dcb2cfbc8ac09e4046b1a266a60f4cad1fe3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| x86_64 |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: 015516bae53dcc2d2c353b1411c581470ae435fe25f390733e79a711693547e9 |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: c06dfb0f105ac24a093bba0b55b9dcb2cfbc8ac09e4046b1a266a60f4cad1fe3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| x86_64 |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: 015516bae53dcc2d2c353b1411c581470ae435fe25f390733e79a711693547e9 |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: c06dfb0f105ac24a093bba0b55b9dcb2cfbc8ac09e4046b1a266a60f4cad1fe3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| x86_64 |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: 015516bae53dcc2d2c353b1411c581470ae435fe25f390733e79a711693547e9 |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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SHA-256: c06dfb0f105ac24a093bba0b55b9dcb2cfbc8ac09e4046b1a266a60f4cad1fe3 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| s390x |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
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SHA-256: 5883d4ac44a9daf58e689533bfcd195f14f8b68b7a2ad63c7a588e93dfb127f8 |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
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SHA-256: 2fca9723c0b2e5595739f0ffd9edaa18b7b85be431a0b1d4201e81b646b620b1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| s390x |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
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SHA-256: 5883d4ac44a9daf58e689533bfcd195f14f8b68b7a2ad63c7a588e93dfb127f8 |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
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SHA-256: 2fca9723c0b2e5595739f0ffd9edaa18b7b85be431a0b1d4201e81b646b620b1 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| ppc64 |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
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SHA-256: 637acd003a00748d8ee9c000b6fa9b92994ef2caaaf35b54b25ef748eea4177e |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
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SHA-256: 5d680409391a8fcc1f13f2b3c2cdb7af0dd3f82566f898c075688e912322c156 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM |
|
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| ppc64 |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
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SHA-256: 637acd003a00748d8ee9c000b6fa9b92994ef2caaaf35b54b25ef748eea4177e |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
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SHA-256: 5d680409391a8fcc1f13f2b3c2cdb7af0dd3f82566f898c075688e912322c156 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| ppc64le |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
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SHA-256: 1df6def8f1f07453d44205b0324e9b10ff4f375d039ec22aa0a95215abb36f7b |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
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SHA-256: cc14f5bfd433acc9d3aa5b36677d896c5d4074fa7a6725cfdb4bab69aa36799a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 7.5
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| ppc64le |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
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SHA-256: 1df6def8f1f07453d44205b0324e9b10ff4f375d039ec22aa0a95215abb36f7b |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
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SHA-256: cc14f5bfd433acc9d3aa5b36677d896c5d4074fa7a6725cfdb4bab69aa36799a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| aarch64 |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
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SHA-256: 6d340921f09136007975d0713cc364e2f1a0e8b7fb565903da56ba7c6fc246ac |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.aarch64.rpm
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SHA-256: 6b118c3af083ea4d73819eb5b3b22915f4c70a13e151fae91acc952026a9027a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| ppc64le |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
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SHA-256: 1df6def8f1f07453d44205b0324e9b10ff4f375d039ec22aa0a95215abb36f7b |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
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SHA-256: cc14f5bfd433acc9d3aa5b36677d896c5d4074fa7a6725cfdb4bab69aa36799a |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A) 7
| SRPM |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.src.rpm
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SHA-256: e3af39c3c8867996b695382b6f7d6e8bc8f5021344bd087ceed34441288bcb89 |
| s390x |
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spamassassin-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
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SHA-256: 5883d4ac44a9daf58e689533bfcd195f14f8b68b7a2ad63c7a588e93dfb127f8 |
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spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.el7_5.s390x.rpm
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SHA-256: 2fca9723c0b2e5595739f0ffd9edaa18b7b85be431a0b1d4201e81b646b620b1 |
