CVE-2018-11781
Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 fixes a local user code injection in the meta rule syntax.
02 Description
Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 fixes a local user code injection in the meta rule syntax.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 61.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-09-17 14:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-06-05
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 0b2acabae2ac7cde86a19e7c277d934b9baa49d724edd13d8fb1be8713fd673a
05 Affected products
06 References
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3811-3https://usn.ubuntu.com/3811-3/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3811-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3811-1/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201812-07https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201812-07
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20180916 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.2 resolves CVE-2017-15705, CVE-2016-1238, CVE-2018-11780 & CVE-2018-11781https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7f6a16bc0fd0fd5e67c7fd95bd655069a2ac7d1f88e42d3c853e601c%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2916https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2916
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181113 [SECURITY] [DLA 1578-1] spamassassin security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00016.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1831http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00002.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.