CVE-2019-12420
First published: Thu Dec 12 2019(Updated: )
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, a message can be crafted in a way to use excessive resources. Upgrading to SA 3.4.3 as soon as possible is the recommended fix but details will not be shared publicly.
Credit: security@apache.org security@apache.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| debian/spamassassin | <=3.4.2-1~deb9u1<=3.4.2-1 | 3.4.2-1+deb10u1 3.4.2-1~deb9u2 |
| Apache SpamAssassin | <3.4.3 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =10.0 | |
| debian/spamassassin | 3.4.6-1 4.0.0-6 4.0.1-2 |
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Reference Links
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12420
- http://spamassassin.apache.org/
- https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.3.txt
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2019-12420
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-11805
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946653
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/12/2
- https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7747
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5863d6c42fc9595a29566732f12348cde0ca0e41bda91695c62041de@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5ef362d6da12126fafc81443309ca95d872d1bfd011fe4b2699f0fe9@%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/64cf76749956dd08f7d5b86ec9f3321f382cfd7fe717ccd1be940c92@%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e3c2367351286b77a74a082e2b66b793cceefa7b6ea9dcd162db4c4b@%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2578c486552637bfedbe624940cc60d6463bd90044c887bdebb75e74@%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d32ebf97b1245b8237763444e911c4595d2ad5e34a1641840d8146f@%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00019.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/27
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4584
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2019-12420
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5863d6c42fc9595a29566732f12348cde0ca0e41bda91695c62041de%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5ef362d6da12126fafc81443309ca95d872d1bfd011fe4b2699f0fe9%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/64cf76749956dd08f7d5b86ec9f3321f382cfd7fe717ccd1be940c92%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e3c2367351286b77a74a082e2b66b793cceefa7b6ea9dcd162db4c4b%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2578c486552637bfedbe624940cc60d6463bd90044c887bdebb75e74%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d32ebf97b1245b8237763444e911c4595d2ad5e34a1641840d8146f%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/12/2
- https://markmail.org/message/pyp425yrulfxyhrn
- https://svn.apache.org/r1866128
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12420
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12420
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12420
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