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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2021:4315 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2021-11-09
Updated:
2021-11-09

RHSA-2021:4315 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Moderate: spamassassin security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for spamassassin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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: Malicious rule configuration files can be configured to run system commands (CVE-2020-1946)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from 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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6 aarch64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6 x86_64

Fixes

  • BZ - 1943276 - CVE-2020-1946 spamassassin: Malicious rule configuration files can be configured to run system commands

CVEs

  • CVE-2020-1946

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.5_release_notes/
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
x86_64
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9774ab13c227010b51029ac560f96540aeef08cf1027fd2ae0a5e7cda62d3a98
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 84477294276f1fbbc52ac12c456e4df99fd07ac210121a73e8f67693245b880a
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c47d1c50a1743273e44600459924db2ca09267d5d8e3dc0f720590af20a116ec

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
x86_64
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9774ab13c227010b51029ac560f96540aeef08cf1027fd2ae0a5e7cda62d3a98
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 84477294276f1fbbc52ac12c456e4df99fd07ac210121a73e8f67693245b880a
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c47d1c50a1743273e44600459924db2ca09267d5d8e3dc0f720590af20a116ec

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
x86_64
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9774ab13c227010b51029ac560f96540aeef08cf1027fd2ae0a5e7cda62d3a98
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 84477294276f1fbbc52ac12c456e4df99fd07ac210121a73e8f67693245b880a
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c47d1c50a1743273e44600459924db2ca09267d5d8e3dc0f720590af20a116ec

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
s390x
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 73238abfeabe8116adb1e22e55494350247ac568da2b1c8633f5874697c1802b
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7b00e896412271385b3d04f6268a1eee973d1e19da306dc1922bbdd0484be70f
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8edd7ec92c5bdd3c8371f27219a0c7b676b97825f9f1a5cdc5117ac5b1f0ffd7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
s390x
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 73238abfeabe8116adb1e22e55494350247ac568da2b1c8633f5874697c1802b
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 7b00e896412271385b3d04f6268a1eee973d1e19da306dc1922bbdd0484be70f
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 8edd7ec92c5bdd3c8371f27219a0c7b676b97825f9f1a5cdc5117ac5b1f0ffd7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
ppc64le
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8fd6c1627e02d0c0b47dbf513353a2eaeb6c700a5a351b4099646bcf5e9a0368
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 02b0eab66e7250d95fd6ba3ec7db7bb474454de7e0ac0ec66e3a05503fe94107
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a35bceff1b4eaa66fb8bcca6dfc515dd55b1faf6ec5cda28159628ce9a00dcd7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
ppc64le
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8fd6c1627e02d0c0b47dbf513353a2eaeb6c700a5a351b4099646bcf5e9a0368
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 02b0eab66e7250d95fd6ba3ec7db7bb474454de7e0ac0ec66e3a05503fe94107
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a35bceff1b4eaa66fb8bcca6dfc515dd55b1faf6ec5cda28159628ce9a00dcd7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
x86_64
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9774ab13c227010b51029ac560f96540aeef08cf1027fd2ae0a5e7cda62d3a98
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 84477294276f1fbbc52ac12c456e4df99fd07ac210121a73e8f67693245b880a
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c47d1c50a1743273e44600459924db2ca09267d5d8e3dc0f720590af20a116ec

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
aarch64
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: fb6cd59f61f6bf5ecddaa23a648640389b185d2423dd59d2ee189945f2327f6d
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4c875d60571001c5d5d34ea99de6154f03abb1b42bd41c07568b6c9a6e5b4aef
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b9bfb4b9f6b7b9bcb291169d95b0f053ede459d607d00276df6da84cb16b2d09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
aarch64
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: fb6cd59f61f6bf5ecddaa23a648640389b185d2423dd59d2ee189945f2327f6d
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 4c875d60571001c5d5d34ea99de6154f03abb1b42bd41c07568b6c9a6e5b4aef
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b9bfb4b9f6b7b9bcb291169d95b0f053ede459d607d00276df6da84cb16b2d09

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
ppc64le
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 8fd6c1627e02d0c0b47dbf513353a2eaeb6c700a5a351b4099646bcf5e9a0368
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 02b0eab66e7250d95fd6ba3ec7db7bb474454de7e0ac0ec66e3a05503fe94107
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: a35bceff1b4eaa66fb8bcca6dfc515dd55b1faf6ec5cda28159628ce9a00dcd7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.6

SRPM
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: b62515742ee3327125dee037c60a66054a92a5ec48d4ed7a164afae30f14ec08
x86_64
spamassassin-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9774ab13c227010b51029ac560f96540aeef08cf1027fd2ae0a5e7cda62d3a98
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 84477294276f1fbbc52ac12c456e4df99fd07ac210121a73e8f67693245b880a
spamassassin-debugsource-3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c47d1c50a1743273e44600459924db2ca09267d5d8e3dc0f720590af20a116ec

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