CVE-2018-11805

spamassassin: crafted configuration files can run system commands without any output or errors

Published Dec 12, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 6.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious CF files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.3, we recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2037-1 spamassassin security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2062-1 sa-exim security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4584-1 spamassassin security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-3797 In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious CF files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.3, we recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4237-1 SpamAssassin vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4237-2 SpamAssassin vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/12/1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7647 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b5c73809d0690527341d940029f743807b70550050fd23ee869c5e5%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2946b38caec47f7f6a79e8e03d2aa723794186e59a7dc6b5e76dfc18%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6f89f82a573ea616dce53ec67e52d963618a9f9ac71da5c1efdbd166%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8534b60bae95ac3a8a4adb840f4ab26135f1c973ce197ff44439cbae%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bc58907171c6585e5875a3ce86066d4956c218911cb74e3156de4433%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c1f59b7e13b7f2c12f847f7d0dec2636df3cdbcaa6d8309007395ff4%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d015dc5b4f24fd6777a85d068502a9c5d58d69d877ed5b0eb9a22cd5%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r217177f7de36deab36dab88db4b6448961122571176dd4b2c133d08e%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2578c486552637bfedbe624940cc60d6463bd90044c887bdebb75e74%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d32ebf97b1245b8237763444e911c4595d2ad5e34a1641840d8146f%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r71f789fcd6339144e3d4db8f4128def12c341e638bd0107a0b82a05b%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00019.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11805 cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/27 cve-icon cve-icon
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/154 cve-icon cve-icon
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.3.txt cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-2/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11805 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4584 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
apache
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 8:17 AM
Reserved
Jun 5, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 12, 2019, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:36 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 12, 2019, 12:00 AM