PT-2006-3405 · Apache+2 · Spamassassin+2

Published 2006-06-06 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-2447

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SpamAssassin versions prior to 3.1.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted message that is not properly handled when invoking spamd with the virtual pop username, specifically when running with vpopmail and the paranoid (-P) switch.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.1.3, update to version 3.1.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-2447

DSA-1090-1

RHSA-2006:0543

RHSA-2006_0543

Affected Products

Red Hat

Spamassassin

Vpopmail

References · 28

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/misc/spamassassin_exec.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16920 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/9914 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-2447 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20692 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2447 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/18290 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20443 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2148 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1090 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nabble.com/ANNOUNCE%3A-Apache-SpamAssassin-3.1.3-available%21-t1736096.html · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2447 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2447 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0543.html · Vendor Advisory