RHSA-2021:4315 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: spamassassin security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · November 10, 2021
Updated · November 22, 2025
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):
- spamassassin: Malicious rule configuration files can be configured to run system commands (CVE-2020-1946)
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 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.