SUSE update for spamassassin

Published: 2021-04-13

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-12420 CVE-2020-1946
CWE-ID	CWE-20 CWE-78
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	SUSE Manager Proxy Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Manager Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Enterprise Storage Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE CaaS Platform Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem Operating systems & Components / Operating system spamassassin-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component spamassassin-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component spamassassin Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component perl-Mail-SpamAssassin Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component
Vendor	SUSE

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU23600

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12420

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing multipart email messages. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted email message and consume all available resources on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected package spamassassin to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.0

SUSE Manager Server: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP1-ESPOS - 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 6

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-SP1-BCL - 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3

spamassassin-debugsource: before 3.4.5-12.10.1

spamassassin-debuginfo: before 3.4.5-12.10.1

spamassassin: before 3.4.5-12.10.1

perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2: before 2.05-12.10.1

perl-Mail-SpamAssassin: before 3.4.5-12.10.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211163-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) OS Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU51703