Medium: spamassassin

Issue Overview:

In Apache SpamAssassin before 3.4.3, a message can be crafted in a way to use excessive resources. Upgrading to SA 3.4.3 as soon as possible is the recommended fix but details will not be shared publicly. (CVE-2019-12420)

Affected Packages:

spamassassin

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update spamassassin to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    spamassassin-3.4.0-6.amzn2.aarch64  
    spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    spamassassin-3.4.0-6.amzn2.i686  
    spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.amzn2.i686  
  
src:  
    spamassassin-3.4.0-6.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    spamassassin-3.4.0-6.amzn2.x86_64  
    spamassassin-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-12420

Mitre: CVE-2019-12420