PT-2019-5235 · Apache+5 · Apache Spamassassin+5

Joran Dirk Greef · Published 2019-12-12 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2019-12420

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache SpamAssassin versions prior to 3.4.3

Description The issue is related to an insufficient mechanism for controlling used resources in Apache SpamAssassin, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to impact data integrity. A crafted message can cause excessive resource usage.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.4.3, upgrade to SA 3.4.3 as soon as possible to resolve the issue.

Fix

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-1004

ALT-PU-2020-1005

ALT-PU-2020-1038

ALT-PU-2020-1039

BDU:2020-01978

CESA-2020_3973

CESA-2020_4625

CVE-2019-12420

DLA-2037-1

DSA-4584-1

MGASA-2019-0406

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0551-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0551-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11395-1

RHSA-2020:3973

RHSA-2020:4625

RHSA-2020_3973

RHSA-2020_4625

SUSE-SU-2021:1152-1

SUSE-SU-2021:1153-1

SUSE-SU-2021:1163-1

SUSE-SU-2021_1152-1

SUSE-SU-2021_1153-1

SUSE-SU-2021_1163-1

USN-4237-1

USN-4237-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Apache Spamassassin

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 99

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12420 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:0551-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12420 · Security Note
• https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.3.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0406.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:1152-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4237-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11805 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2019-12420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4584-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11395-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1930 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-1931 · Security Note