USN-4899-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4899-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4899-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4899-1
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Published
2021-04-01T12:00:50.248699Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:26Z
Summary
spamassassin vulnerability
Details

Damian Lukowski discovered that SpamAssassin incorrectly handled certain CF files. If a user or automated system were tricked into using a specially- crafted CF file, a remote attacker could possibly run arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / spamassassin

Package

Name
spamassassin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spamassassin@3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.1-1
3.4.1-2
3.4.1-3
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5",
            "binary_name": "sa-compile"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5",
            "binary_name": "spamassassin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.5",
            "binary_name": "spamc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-1946"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / spamassassin

Package

Name
spamassassin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spamassassin@3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.1-7
3.4.1-8
3.4.1-8build1
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5",
            "binary_name": "sa-compile"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5",
            "binary_name": "spamassassin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.5",
            "binary_name": "spamc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-1946"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / spamassassin

Package

Name
spamassassin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/spamassassin@3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.2-1
3.4.2-2
3.4.3~rc6+1-1
3.4.3~rc7-1
3.4.3-1
3.4.4~rc1-1
3.4.4-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "sa-compile"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "spamassassin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.4-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "spamc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-1946"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}