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HistoryFeb 03, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-4615-1 : spamassassin - security update

2020-02-0300:00:00
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Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam filter using text analysis. Malicious rule or configuration files, possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary commands under multiple scenarios.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4615. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(133418);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-1930", "CVE-2020-1931");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4615");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2020-A-0056-S");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4615-1 : spamassassin - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Two vulnerabilities were discovered in spamassassin, a Perl-based spam
filter using text analysis. Malicious rule or configuration files,
possibly downloaded from an updates server, could execute arbitrary
commands under multiple scenarios.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=950258");
  # https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/spamassassin
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?92e1b8a1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4615");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the spamassassin packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been
fixed in version 3.4.2-1~deb9u3.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed
in version 3.4.2-1+deb10u2.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-1931");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/02/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/02/03");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamassassin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"sa-compile", reference:"3.4.2-1+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"spamassassin", reference:"3.4.2-1+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"spamc", reference:"3.4.2-1+deb10u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"sa-compile", reference:"3.4.2-1~deb9u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"spamassassin", reference:"3.4.2-1~deb9u3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"spamc", reference:"3.4.2-1~deb9u3")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxspamassassinp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:spamassassin
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0
debiandebian_linux9.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0