CVE-2019-12420

Published: Dec 12, 2019Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, a message can be crafted in a way to use excessive resources. Upgrading to SA 3.4.3 as soon as possible is the recommended fix but details will not be shared publicly.

Affected (4)

Products: Apache: Spamassassin · Debian: Debian Linux

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apache Spamassassin	Before 3.4.3

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 10.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0
Debian Debian Linux	Version 9.0

Related CWEs

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (28)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/12/2

Source: security@apache.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7747

Source: security@apache.org

Permissions Required

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5863d6c42fc9595a29566732f12348cde0ca0e41bda91695c62041de%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E

Source: security@apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5ef362d6da12126fafc81443309ca95d872d1bfd011fe4b2699f0fe9%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E

Source: security@apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/64cf76749956dd08f7d5b86ec9f3321f382cfd7fe717ccd1be940c92%40%3Cannounce.spamassassin.apache.org%3E

Source: security@apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e3c2367351286b77a74a082e2b66b793cceefa7b6ea9dcd162db4c4b%40%3Cdev.spamassassin.apache.org%3E

Source: security@apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2578c486552637bfedbe624940cc60d6463bd90044c887bdebb75e74%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E

Source: security@apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d32ebf97b1245b8237763444e911c4595d2ad5e34a1641840d8146f%40%3Cusers.spamassassin.apache.org%3E

Source: security@apache.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00019.html

Source: security@apache.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/27

Source: security@apache.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/spamassassin/branches/3.4/build/announcements/3.4.3.txt

Source: security@apache.org

Mailing ListVendor Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-1/

Source: security@apache.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4237-2/

Source: security@apache.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4584

Source: security@apache.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/12/2