What is RHSA-2021:4315?

RHSA-2021:4315 is a security advisory published by Red Hat Product Security with Medium severity. Red Hat Security Advisory: spamassassin security update

Which CVE IDs does RHSA-2021:4315 cover?

RHSA-2021:4315 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2020-1946. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of RHSA-2021:4315?

RHSA-2021:4315 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by Red Hat Product Security.

Which products are affected by RHSA-2021:4315?

RHSA-2021:4315 affects 14 products, including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8); and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

RHSA-2021:4315MediumCVSS 7.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: spamassassin security update

Vendor

Red Hat Product Security

Published

November 9, 2021

Last Modified

November 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2020-1946 →

📋 Description

CVE-2020-1946 — spamassassin: Malicious rule configuration files can be configured to run system commands

🎯 Affected products14

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-0:3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debuginfo-0:3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debuginfo-0:3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debuginfo-0:3.4.4-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debuginfo-0:3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debugsource-0:3.4.4-4.el8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debugsource-0:3.4.4-4.el8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debugsource-0:3.4.4-4.el8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)
spamassassin-debugsource-0:3.4.4-4.el8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)

✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: This vulnerability can only be exploited through a malicious rule configuration file. If you are using third-party rule configuration files, it is important to ensure they come only from trusted sources, or are inspected prior to deployment. Even in the absence of this vulnerability, malicious rule configurations could cause significant disruptions to email processed by SpamAssassin.

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

🎯 Affected products14

✅ Remediation

🔗 References (5)