RHSA-2020:4625

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2020-11-03 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:11
Summary
security update for spamassassin
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: security update for spamassassin
Description of the patch: This security update provides a functional equivalent of RHSA-2020:4625. The original Red Hat(R) advisory is available from the Red Hat web site at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4625.
Patchnames: RHSA-2020:4625
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2018-11805
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Liberty Linux 8:spamassassin-0:3.4.2-10.el8.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2019-12420
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2018-11805
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-1930
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2018-11805
Threats
Impact important
CVE-2020-1931
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Recommended 1 product, the same list as for CVE-2018-11805
Threats
Impact important
References
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