RHSA-2020:4625 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: spamassassin security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 4, 2020
Updated · June 27, 2026
Topic
An update for spamassassin is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The SpamAssassin tool provides a way to reduce unsolicited commercial email (spam) from incoming email.
Security Fix(es):
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spamassassin: crafted configuration files can run system commands without any output or errors (CVE-2018-11805)
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spamassassin: crafted email message can lead to DoS (CVE-2019-12420)
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spamassassin: command injection via crafted configuration file (CVE-2020-1930)
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spamassassin: command injection via crafted configuration file (CVE-2020-1931)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.