CVE-2018-11805
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious 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
02 Description
In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, nefarious 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
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
- 0.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 59.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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
- 2019-12-12 22:11Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 08:17Z2 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-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 81af7af7e0186d8f16e44b7825efeb6ae96cdfbf66fa19d25000b749f549a77d
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20191212 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin v3.4.3 released with fix for CVE-2018-11805https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6f89f82a573ea616dce53ec67e52d963618a9f9ac71da5c1efdbd166%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-dev] 20191212 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin v3.4.3 released with fix for CVE-2018-11805https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d015dc5b4f24fd6777a85d068502a9c5d58d69d877ed5b0eb9a22cd5%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-announce] 20191212 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin v3.4.3 released with fix for CVE-2018-11805https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/2946b38caec47f7f6a79e8e03d2aa723794186e59a7dc6b5e76dfc18%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20191212 Apache SpamAssassin v3.4.3 released with fix for CVE-2018-11805http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/12/1
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20191212 [SECURITY] Apache SpamAssassin v3.4.3 released with fix for CVE-2018-11805https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bc58907171c6585e5875a3ce86066d4956c218911cb74e3156de4433%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- seclists.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q4/154
- svn.apache.orghttps://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.3.txt
- bz.apache.orghttps://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7647
- www.debian.orgDSA-4584https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4584
- seclists.org20191216 [SECURITY] [DSA 4584-1] spamassassin security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/27
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191216 [SECURITY] [DLA 2037-1] spamassassin security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00019.html
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20191218 CVE-2018-11805 fix and sa-eximhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c1f59b7e13b7f2c12f847f7d0dec2636df3cdbcaa6d8309007395ff4%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20191218 Re: CVE-2018-11805 fix and sa-eximhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8534b60bae95ac3a8a4adb840f4ab26135f1c973ce197ff44439cbae%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20191219 Re: CVE-2018-11805 fix and sa-eximhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b5c73809d0690527341d940029f743807b70550050fd23ee869c5e5%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4237-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-1/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4237-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-2/
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-dev] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1931] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings.https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-announce] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1931] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings.https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r217177f7de36deab36dab88db4b6448961122571176dd4b2c133d08e%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1931] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings.https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1930] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commandshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-announce] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1930] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commandshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r71f789fcd6339144e3d4db8f4128def12c341e638bd0107a0b82a05b%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1931] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings.https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc4df9835fb2d7b5bb1202fca99a1de21a40acef055661d3a9e8ae781%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-dev] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1930] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commandshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1930] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commandshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1931] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands with warnings.http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/30/2
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20200130 Re: ANNOUNCE: Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.4 availablehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2578c486552637bfedbe624940cc60d6463bd90044c887bdebb75e74%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[announce] 20200130 [CVE-2020-1930] Apache SpamAssassin Nefarious rule configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commandshttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6729f3d3be754a06c39bb4f11c925a3631e8ea2b4c865546d755cb0a%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- lists.apache.org[spamassassin-users] 20200131 Re: ANNOUNCE: Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.4 availablehttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d32ebf97b1245b8237763444e911c4595d2ad5e34a1641840d8146f%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0446http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00003.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.3-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.3~rc6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.3~rc6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.3~rc6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
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 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- spamassassin Fixed in 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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