ALPINE-CVE-2020-1931

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CVE-2020-1931
Published: 30 Jan 2020, 18:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Jan 2020, 18:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A command execution issue was found in Apache SpamAssassin prior to 3.4.3. Carefully crafted nefarious Configuration (.cf) files can be configured to run system commands similar to CVE-2018-11805. This issue is less stealthy and attempts to exploit the issue will throw warnings. Thanks to Damian Lukowski at credativ for reporting the issue ethically. With this bug unpatched, exploits can be injected in a number of scenarios though doing so remotely is difficult. In addition to upgrading to SA 3.4.4, we again recommend that users should only use update channels or 3rd party .cf files from trusted places.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•spamassassin

    < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0 | < 3.4.4-r0

References (1)