USN-3811-2: SpamAssassin vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• spamassassin - Perl-based spam filter using text analysis

Details

USN-3811-1 fixed a vulnerability in SpamAssassin. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain unclosed
tags in emails. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2017-15705)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

• spamassassin - 3.3.2-2ubuntu1.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-15705

Related notices

• USN-3811-1: spamc, spamassassin, sa-compile