USN-3811-2: SpamAssassin vulnerability
13 November 2018
SpamAssassin could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted file.
Releases
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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.