{"id":"USN-3811-1","summary":"spamassassin vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain unclosed\ntags in emails. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2017-15705)\n\nIt was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled the PDFInfo plugin.\nA remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2018-11780)\n\nIt was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled meta rule syntax. A\nlocal attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2018-11781)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:26Z","published":"2018-11-06T16:17:44Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15705","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11780","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11781"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-15705","CVE-2018-11780","CVE-2018-11781","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15705","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11780","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11781"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3811-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15705"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11780"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11781"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"spamassassin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/spamassassin@3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.3.2-6ubuntu2","3.3.2-8ubuntu1","3.3.2-8ubuntu2","3.4.0-1","3.4.0-1ubuntu1","3.4.0-1ubuntu2","3.4.0-1ubuntu2.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","binary_name":"sa-compile"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","binary_name":"spamassassin"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1","binary_name":"spamc"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-15705","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-11780","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-11781","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3811-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"spamassassin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/spamassassin@3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.4.1-1","3.4.1-2","3.4.1-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"sa-compile"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"spamassassin"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"spamc"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-15705","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-11780","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-11781","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3811-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"spamassassin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/spamassassin@3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1"}]}],"versions":["3.4.1-7","3.4.1-8","3.4.1-8build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"sa-compile"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"spamassassin"},{"binary_version":"3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1","binary_name":"spamc"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-15705","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-11780","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-11781","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3811-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}