Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2018-1103
Advisory Released Date: 2018-11-07
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-11-08
A flaw was found in the way SpamAssassin processes HTML email containing unclosed HTML tags. A carefully crafted mail message could cause SpamAssassin to consume significant resources. If a large number of these messages are sent, a denial of service could occur potentially delaying or preventing the delivery of email.(CVE-2017-15705)
A flaw was found in the way a local user on the SpamAssassin server could inject code in the meta rule syntax. This could cause the arbitrary code execution on the server when these rules are being processed.(CVE-2018-11781)
Affected Packages:
spamassassin
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update spamassassin to update your system.
i686:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.amzn2.i686
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.amzn2.i686
src:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.amzn2.src
x86_64:
spamassassin-3.4.0-4.amzn2.x86_64
spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-4.amzn2.x86_64