Vulnerability CVE-2020-1946

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-1946 (CCN-198724)

Assigned:

2019-12-02

Published:

2021-03-24

Updated:

2022-07-30

Summary:

In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.5, malicious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands without any output or errors. With this, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios. In addition to upgrading to SA version 3.4.5, users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

9.8 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.8 High (REDHAT CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

10.0 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-78
CWE-77

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-1946

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
apache-cve20201946-cmd-exec(198724)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[debian-lts-announce] 20210401 [SECURITY] [DLA 2615-1] spamassassin security update

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-bf06dcffa8

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-90e915cc4f

Source: FEDORA
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FEDORA-2021-5a4377797c

Source: MISC
Type: Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://s.apache.org/3r1wh

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:08:53 +1300
CVE-2020-1946: Apache SpamAssassin has an OS Command Injection vulnerability

Source: GENTOO
Type: Third Party Advisory
GLSA-202105-26

Source: CCN
Type: Apache Web site
Apache SpamAssassin

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4879

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-1946

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:apache:spamassassin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 3.4.5)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3:

cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 1:

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration RedHat 2:

cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:apache:spamassassin:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8053	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2-2.05-12.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:7745	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.5-12.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2023-06-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3378	P	systemtap-3.0-20.11 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3150	P	libXvnc1-1.6.0-22.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3418	P	DirectFB-1.7.1-6.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95048	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2-2.05-12.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94490	P	apache-commons-httpclient-3.1-11.3.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94876	P	kubevirt-manifests-0.49.0-150400.1.37 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94780	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.5-12.13.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:268	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.5-12.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101589	P	Security update for dnsmasq (Important)	2022-04-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1197	P	Security update for openssl-1_1 (Important)	2022-03-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:113121	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.6-71.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99436	P	(Important)	2021-12-06
oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20214315	P	RHSA-2021:4315: spamassassin security update (Moderate)	2021-11-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106555	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.6-71.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-10-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:4467	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 19 for SLE 12 SP5) (Important)	2021-08-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1945	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2-2.05-12.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72027	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.5-12.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101203	P	libmicrohttpd-devel-0.9.57-1.33 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72753	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2-2.05-12.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62286	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.5-12.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101044	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.4.5-12.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:63034	P	perl-Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-iXhash2-2.05-12.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99635	P	(Important)	2021-05-19
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99940	P	(Moderate)	2021-05-04
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:111319	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-14
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69627	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:108255	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93190	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8736	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:91897	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64467	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99237	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9686	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92685	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69826	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96838	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8931	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92092	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:65556	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92884	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117384	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:98847	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73589	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92287	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107869	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10237	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:93037	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117769	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70377	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:99042	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:74624	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9487	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:92486	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-13
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31604	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59712	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89109	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55883	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84580	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:96836	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:125514	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33889	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30060	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57891	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:87358	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51535	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:83267	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32068	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:60225	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89367	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23547	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:56003	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:85613	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:126685	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34402	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30180	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:58717	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88098	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:51869	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:83387	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:10057	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70197	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32894	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:23881	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:56972	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86068	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:127082	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:9303	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:69443	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:31149	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:59454	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:88409	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:55168	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:84124	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:8558	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33631	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29345	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:57427	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:86532	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:82552	P	Security update for spamassassin (Important)	2021-04-12

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