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PCWorks: SpamAssassin "spamd" Shell Command Injection Vulnerability
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2006-06-07 11:55:03
TITLE:
SpamAssassin "spamd" Shell Command Injection
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20430

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.c
om/advisories/20430/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
From local network

SOFTWARE:
SpamAssassin 3.x
http://secunia.com/p
roduct/4506/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in SpamAssassin,  which
can 
be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable 
system.

Some unspecified input is not properly sanitised before
being 
used.
This can be exploited to inject arbitrary shell commands.

Successful exploitation requires that spamd is used with the
"--vpopmail" and "--paranoid"
switches.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0.3. Other 
versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.0.6 or 3.1.3.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
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