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SpamAssassin "spamd" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20430
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Release Date:
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2006-06-06
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Popularity:
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9,948 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | SpamAssassin 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2447
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in SpamAssassin, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
Some unspecified input is not properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands.
Successful exploitation requires that spamd is used with the "--vpopmail" and "--paranoid" switches.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0.3. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 3.0.6 or 3.1.3.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
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